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The United States still consists of fifty states, but they no longer have fiscal independence (hat tip to Asylum Watch):
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At Asylum Watch, Jim writes the following:
- Harry Reid Admits The Entire Populace Of The Nation Is Being Punished By Aca
THe House passed a bill to fund the govt and REMOVE any EXCESS subsidy for the high paid staffs AND enforcing that Congress and Senate NOT be exempted from Obamacare.Reid’s reaction …“This time the House has attached a poison pill that would punish...
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Oklahoma Bill Exempts Guns from Federal LawFrom Jawa: (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) A bill has been introduced in the Oklahoma legislature to protect the Second Amendment rights of the state's citizens. Made in and remaining in Oklahoma firearms will...
- Palin Signs Tenth Amendment Resolution
Oh Yeah! from The Gunslinger Palin Signs Sovereignty Resolution Now we are talking...The Beateous Sarah is the second Governor to sign a resolution declaring States' Rights & Sovereignty, according to the original intent of the Constitution, and...
- Five More States Invoke The 10th
which brings us to 16. Nearly a third of them. And I believe Pennsylvania will be doing so in the coming 2 weeks. from Human Events: Five More States Invoke the 10th by A.W.R. Hawkins (more by this author) Posted 03/04/2009 ET Last week, HUMAN EVENTS...
- States Rebelling, Not Seceding
This is not a dead horse being beaten, yet. 11 states have now passed 10th Amendment resolutions. A number, including Bobby Jindal in Louisiana, are refusing to take stimulus money, possibly setting up or a Constitutional showdown. Congress has overstepped...
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Fifty States?
The United States still consists of fifty states, but they no longer have fiscal independence (hat tip to Asylum Watch):
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| Percent of budget coming from the feds went from 37% in 2001 to 45% in 2012. Federal money per person went from $1,352 in 2001 to $2,603 in 2012. The darker the color, the more federal monies the state receives. |
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At Asylum Watch, Jim writes the following:
Our nation, as constitutionally formed, is The Republic of the United State of America. In theory, a republic is where the supreme power is vested in the citizens who elect people to represent them. Do you feel that we are living in a republic? Do our elected officials really represent their electorate? And, what about the words: United States? Are we, a constitutional union of states, where all power rest with the states except for the enumerated powers constitutionally assigned to the federal government? Our nation may have started out as The Republic of The United States of America but it has evolved into something quite different. Some of the changes came about through constitutional amendments and, thereby, the citizens of each state did have a voice in those changes. Most changes, in my opinion, have come about by either judicial fiat or by congress passing laws that no one asked for or by Executive Orders of a sitting president. The laws passed by congress have often created federal programs, which states must implement with partial or full funding from the federal government. When states accept those funds, the find they must comply with the strings, which are firmly attached. Those federal funds and the attached strings have given the federal government much power over the states that was never envisaged in our constitution.So much for the principles of federalism!
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...Louisiana receives 44% of their budget from Washington and New Mexico 37% and Idaho 35%....
- Harry Reid Admits The Entire Populace Of The Nation Is Being Punished By Aca
THe House passed a bill to fund the govt and REMOVE any EXCESS subsidy for the high paid staffs AND enforcing that Congress and Senate NOT be exempted from Obamacare.Reid’s reaction …“This time the House has attached a poison pill that would punish...
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Oklahoma Bill Exempts Guns from Federal LawFrom Jawa: (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) A bill has been introduced in the Oklahoma legislature to protect the Second Amendment rights of the state's citizens. Made in and remaining in Oklahoma firearms will...
- Palin Signs Tenth Amendment Resolution
Oh Yeah! from The Gunslinger Palin Signs Sovereignty Resolution Now we are talking...The Beateous Sarah is the second Governor to sign a resolution declaring States' Rights & Sovereignty, according to the original intent of the Constitution, and...
- Five More States Invoke The 10th
which brings us to 16. Nearly a third of them. And I believe Pennsylvania will be doing so in the coming 2 weeks. from Human Events: Five More States Invoke the 10th by A.W.R. Hawkins (more by this author) Posted 03/04/2009 ET Last week, HUMAN EVENTS...
- States Rebelling, Not Seceding
This is not a dead horse being beaten, yet. 11 states have now passed 10th Amendment resolutions. A number, including Bobby Jindal in Louisiana, are refusing to take stimulus money, possibly setting up or a Constitutional showdown. Congress has overstepped...