Agreed! You are spot on, on all points. Our history shows, with each crisis this country has faced, Presidents, and other politicians, have used them to expand the powers of the federal government exponentially.
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That’s just the political reality we face today, writes John Tamny:
Throughout this decade, under Presidents Bush and Obama, economic “stimulus” packages have similarly been foisted on the U.S. economy by a federal government possessing nothing not already taxed or borrowed from the private sector. Nothing in the Constitution mentions “economic growth” as one of the federal government’s powers–the founders knew that with freedom came economic growth–but politicians being politicians, they’ve never let economic crises of their own making go to waste–Constitution be damned.
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Agreed! You are spot on, on all points. Our history shows, with each crisis this country has faced, Presidents, and other politicians, have used them to expand the powers of the federal government exponentially.
I would imagine, The Interstate Commerce Clause gave The Congress at least the implication that they had some right to be involved in our economy... Certainly not to the extent they have.
Absolutely - and regulate trade between the states was primarily to "make regular" that trade and ensure that states didn't put up restrictive tariffs or other barriers to prevent free trade throughout the country. not even close to what it's been perverted into today...
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