I have some coworkers who only do exactly what their job description entails. In part, it's because they're not really qualified or allowed to do certain things, but in this job like in my previous job, when I am gone, it takes a lot of people and a lot of thinking and a lot of scramble if I miss a day of work. A few weeks ago when I caught the flu in the middle of the busiest part of the semester, everything went to chaos. I wish Congress would stick to only what their job empowers them to do.
The Founding Fathers at the Constitutional Convention thought it was obvious, but some of the delegates would not vote for the Constitution until it expressly said that all other powers not delegated to the federal government belonged to the states and the people. That's how we got the 10th Amendment. Apparently, that wasn't good enough for the Democrat-led Congress as presently constituted.
Among other things, Congress now thinks they have power to compel you to buy something. They already did that backhandedly, like the ban on the incandescent bulb that will force us all to buy those stupid compact flourescents that contain mercury and are all a biohazard, but now they do it to our faces. This is new, and there is already old historical precedence that Congress cannot do this. When the Bill of Rights was being debated in front of Congress, the skeptical Rep. Theodore Sedgwick of Massachusetts asked if there should also be an enumeration that “declared that a man should have a right to wear his hat if he pleased; that he might get up when he pleased, and go to bed when he thought proper.” 1 Annals of Congress 759–60 (Aug. 15, 1789). Sedgewick’s point was that national laws about bedtimes and hat-wearing were self-evidently beyond the authority of Congress.
That has been clear for over 200 years, but the Speaker of the House and the Senate Majority leader don't care about that. They know better.
Congress has only the powers specifically given to it. That is the platform on which I would run, which would surprise and disappoint a lot of people who have become accustomed to their representatives doing things for them. Congress is there to free you to do things for yourself, because they are only allowed to do certain things. However, they don't like to do those things, like defend the nation, and they like to do everything else, to which they have zero right. They want to do those things so they can have power over you.
A friend of mine on Tuesday mentioned they should be restricted to shorter terms like a jury. I suggested they also be paid as if they were on a jury. That way, only those who really wanted to be senators for the right reason would even bother to run, because the pay would really suck.
The Founding Fathers at the Constitutional Convention thought it was obvious, but some of the delegates would not vote for the Constitution until it expressly said that all other powers not delegated to the federal government belonged to the states and the people. That's how we got the 10th Amendment. Apparently, that wasn't good enough for the Democrat-led Congress as presently constituted.
Among other things, Congress now thinks they have power to compel you to buy something. They already did that backhandedly, like the ban on the incandescent bulb that will force us all to buy those stupid compact flourescents that contain mercury and are all a biohazard, but now they do it to our faces. This is new, and there is already old historical precedence that Congress cannot do this. When the Bill of Rights was being debated in front of Congress, the skeptical Rep. Theodore Sedgwick of Massachusetts asked if there should also be an enumeration that “declared that a man should have a right to wear his hat if he pleased; that he might get up when he pleased, and go to bed when he thought proper.” 1 Annals of Congress 759–60 (Aug. 15, 1789). Sedgewick’s point was that national laws about bedtimes and hat-wearing were self-evidently beyond the authority of Congress.
That has been clear for over 200 years, but the Speaker of the House and the Senate Majority leader don't care about that. They know better.
Congress has only the powers specifically given to it. That is the platform on which I would run, which would surprise and disappoint a lot of people who have become accustomed to their representatives doing things for them. Congress is there to free you to do things for yourself, because they are only allowed to do certain things. However, they don't like to do those things, like defend the nation, and they like to do everything else, to which they have zero right. They want to do those things so they can have power over you.
A friend of mine on Tuesday mentioned they should be restricted to shorter terms like a jury. I suggested they also be paid as if they were on a jury. That way, only those who really wanted to be senators for the right reason would even bother to run, because the pay would really suck.
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