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A Not So Wacky Proposal

By on April 30, 2010 in Federalism 3

Jonah Goldberg, in the National Review, suggests what he calls a “wacky proposal” – one that readers of this website would likely find to be quite sane. I know I do.

So here’s where that wacky proposal I mentioned earlier comes in. Let’s throw it all back to the states. Arizona can be an illegal-immigrant-free zone and New York can hold an open house for everyone. The same goes for health care. States that want universal health care can provide it, including to illegal immigrants (or should I just say “immigrants”?). Other states can let the market rule. The feds would save piles of money that can go to paying off our credit cards (or to antiterrorism, to deal with undocumented New Yorkers/terrorists).

If it were up to me, the feds would still enforce basic civil rights, provide for the common defense and protect interstate commerce (sorry, nuke-free zones!), but beyond that, let freedom reign.

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Part 2 Comment about Jonah Goldberg's "whacky-idea".

The federal government may threaten to cut off goods and/or services from any state that Nullifies any of the unconstitutional federal laws however given the debt to services ratio of the federal government the States could ban with other like-minded States and do very well without the debt, regulation and stupidity of the federal government.

So perhaps the federal government should not take the States for granted and should stop trying to further un-American agenda.

Personally,I do not want to see the States suceed but I also do not want the federal government to continue to disregard our Constitution.

Digressing, great article Jonah.

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Jonah Goldberg is an excellent writer (loved his book” Liberal Fascism”), creative thinker and a true patriot. I adore this man for all the good he has done for our America.

I was excited reading his so-called “whacky-idea”.

I have been promoting a similar notion about the States Nullifying Amnesty should Amnesty be legislated federally. I would like the States that Nullify Amnesty to be called "Amnesty-free" states, so that if the federal government mandates Amnesty, the states that are "Amnesty-free" will treat illegals as described in the immigration law on the books now.

Moreover, the “Amnesty-free” states will not be saddled with the unconstitutional burden of having to subsidize the illegals turned legal by federal dictate. Let the states that want to help those poor illegals take them in and financially support them and their extensive families for the course of their lifetimes.

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