Only the States can stop the Feds now
24. Nov, 2009 Written by:
Rich Hand 
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It is completely out of control in Washington DC. We have a bunch of bumbling idiots in charge of the treasury and the country’s future. Talk of trillion dollar deficits, cap and trade, bailouts, tax welfare to those that don’t pay, taking over our healthcare and economy; like in the Meatloaf song “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” where the woman screams – “STOP Right There, before we go any further do you love me, will you never leave me…”
The state Governors must pull out their pocket constitution and read the 10th amendment carefully for their next step in strategy. Instead of putting their hands out, they should be shutting the door on the federal government. As Raficki in the Lion King says to Simba- “It is time…”
It is time to refuse the unfunded mandates, audit the cost the federal programs like Medicaid, and the impact it is having on the states both financially and socially, review our Return on Investment of our tax dollars in Education, and decide if we are a nation of freedom or going to allow the federal march toward tyranny?
If the Governors had the guts that our Founding Fathers had, this would have been done a long time ago. They gave the states the rights, now we need some leadership to stand up for those rights. The states are not perfect but at least we can drive to our State Houses to protest, support or influence our government. It is closer to home and more controllable.
We need the feds to focus on national security, trade policy and that’s it! They have shown no competence to handle even those things but as a constitutionalist, we have to give them their legal due. Just a thought…
Rich Hand is a 2010 candidate for governor in Colorado. Formerly a Republican, he has left the party after 16 years because of his disappointment with its direction. He is a dedicated family man, the author of My Life; Ignored! and a musician with 3 CD’s. Visit his website at http://www.whoisrichhand.com/
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I think you'll find the state officials do not exactly have the stomach to engage the feds as strongly as we would like. There first has to be an undeniable force of we the people behind this before our state governments are going to make the stand that is needed.
I was reading the information on this "Constitutional Congress 2009" (http://www.cc2009.us) and was interested to see one of the group's strategies is to get millions of people behind the plan to stop paying federal taxes. Now THAT is where it's at! But we are a long, long way from millions of people….
I agree 100%. The only possible way to rein in Washington short of a violent and deadly revolution is for the States to say enough is enough.
I am hoping to generate interest among other like minded Americans in every state to create a wave of support for the reaffirmation of the Tenth Amenndment. In Colorado we can ammend our state constitution through referendum and I hope to challenge the Sixteenth Amendment by limiting what the feds can tax Colorado citizens and corporations to a maximun of 18%.
I agree we need millions of supporters but we also can't wait much longer. Our federal reps are arguing over the degree of taxation for healthcare, cap and trade, etc… when they should be talking the constitutional authority to do so. So many programs have been allowed to move forward with little challenge because our federal reps and governors have been ignoring the law of the land. And we as Americans have been ignoring our responsibility to hold government accountable.
I hope you will spread the word and help make the governors race in Colorado a national referendum on the constitutional authority of the fed versus the state and individual.
Thanks for reading and commenting on my post.
Rich Hand