How YOUR State Should Respond to Obama’s Health Care Reform
Obama’s health care reform will likely pass in some form even with the efforts of those who have bravely railed against such lunacy. The dorks on Capitol Hill aren’t concerned with a majority of Americans who oppose such poppycock. Neither are these elitists troubled that the States are being sucked of every ounce of power which the constitution squarely reserves to them. In my estimation, these political punks are starting to look as the European tyrants must have looked to our Beloved Founding Fathers some 233 years ago.
Unfortunately, the health care bill is certain to soil everyone’s britches when they see just how much their taxes will go up! I believe the protests should continue, but I also believe that now is the time for the States to step in and declare their right to reject the Federal usurpation of its authority. It’s time for a Declaration of Nullification by each State. And believe it or not, nullification is an American political tradition which goes all the way back to Founders Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
In 1798 Thomas J. and Mr. Madison put together resolutions for two states which felt that the Federal government had stepped beyond their sphere of jurisdiction. The resolution said in part, “the … States …are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general [federal] government.”
And after speaking of the power of the States (10th amendment), look closely at these words from the Wise One: “and that whensoever the general government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force.” I like that last part, “unauthoritative, void, and of no force.” Wow. When our federal friends step beyond their realm of power, the States have it within their own power to individually nullify those Federal laws. That’s deep, my friends.
How is it done, you ask? Just like it was done back then. Right now our leaders on the State level need to begin drafting Resolutions of Nullification much like several States have recently achieved with a Declaration of Sovereignty. Go Oklahoma! The resolutions should say that the constitution reserves the right of health care to the States and that any legislation imposed on our State regarding this Obama health care reform shall be declared unauthoritative, void, and of no force, and will immediately be nullified by this State if such is passed.
I’m convinced that the protests are helping. Now it’s time for our State officials to join the struggle. It’s my fervent belief that a Declaration of Nullification by a good percentage of the States just might help. Will it solve our problem? Nobody knows, but the surest and only way to get back any power we still might have is to declare it now before it’s everlastingly too late.
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:04 am
Hello. I was reading someone elses blog and saw you on their blogroll. Nice post!
November 3rd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
it needs to be done, so what the point of fighting it?
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Successful nullification of national health care, gun, or drug laws will be only minor victories until some state has the courage and resolve protect its citizens from the IRS. The feds may be willing to let you opt out of mandatory health insurance, but if they can still pick your pocket to fund their ponzi schemes, they still win, and you still lose.
Find a way to account for and nullify federal taxes that exceed the amount needed to pay for its constitutional operation, and THEN we may have something like a workable plan. But without cutting off the constant supply of funds that feed the federal leviathan, it will only continue to grow, nullification and state sovereignty efforts notwithstanding.
November 4th, 2009 at 2:55 am
Replace "The dorks on Capitol Hill " with "The lords on Capitol Hill"
Other then that outstanding article.
I agree 100%, Power corrupts, and their "health-care reform" really has nothing to do with health-care at all and everything to do with their own greed for power and control over the people.
A people depended entirely on government will be less able and inclined to resist that government when the government takes away too many of their rights.
This government is already taking too many of our rights, and we already have a huge section of our population depended upon it and thus unable/unwilling to resit this growing oppression of our basic liberty and self-determination.
Men uses to have rights chief among them was the right only to be held accountable for his own actions not that of others around him. We have been increasingly losing that right as they collectivize more and more aspects of our lives, and with that right we lose our individual lives, and become evermore effective slaves of the Government rather then free self-determining men and women.
November 4th, 2009 at 3:06 am
A minor victory is better then a total defeat, and they already have proposed Federal Tax Escrow accounts.
Implementing it will be difficult as you can bet your bottom dollar the feds will pay attention when you start messing with their money just like the mob boss. That means our states need to be sure they are prepared before they do that, they also need numbers. cause it will cause a Constitutional crisis.
Lets not get into that until we have the situation ridged in our favor, that means we need:
1: Be prepared with the public argument victim card as to sell the American public on the natural justice of our situation.
2: Need to have the backing of a sufficiently large number of other states as to compel the federal government to back down for lack of a viable alternative.
That means we need to have and agree upon something they should back down to, something like a lower or flexible federal tax rate for any state that wish to opt out of such programs. In other words we should not be forced to pay for services not Constitutionally rendered.
November 4th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
@John – Excellent post! “unauthoritative, void, and of no force.” Very powerful !! You've hit the nail on the head here.
Please watch the first 1:10 seconds of this video clip – I think you'll like it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noKxs51R5tc
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-Joshua
http://www.ForgottenMen.com
November 7th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
nice reference to the first time nullification was proposed (and then failed, though you forget to mention that)
do you remember the second time nullification was attempted? it was right around the late 1850's and early 1860's….i seem to remember the issue of nullification causing some sort of pretty bad thing around then….but what the hey, we might as well try again, its not like anything bad would happen again…LIKE A WAR
November 8th, 2009 at 9:35 am
Josh you should read more of the Site, Nullification has been successfully implement many times, So far the only times the Feds really respond is when its either a political issue with a great deal of concern or it has to do with their check book.
Most all other nullification are generally ignored.