Where is the constitutional authority for the FedGov to establish an old age pension plan for the general public, run it as a ponzi scheme, and compel participation at gunpoint?
Where is the constitutional authority for the FedGov to support the indigent with monies extracted at gunpoint from the citizenry?
Where is the constitutional authority for the FedGov to ban ownership of any type of firearm by the citizens?
Where is the constitutional authority for the FedGov to compel banks to lend money to people who cannot repay the loan?
Where is the constitutional authority for the FedGov to pay farmers not to grow crops, and to compel the growing of some crops and prohibit growing others?
Where is the constitutional authority for 90% of what the current FedGov does?
Well, until now the congress pretended to have such authority. Now the imperial president thinks he alone does.
Where is the constitutional authority for the FedGov to support the indigent with monies extracted at gunpoint from the citizenry?
Where is the constitutional authority for the FedGov to ban ownership of any type of firearm by the citizens?
Where is the constitutional authority for the FedGov to compel banks to lend money to people who cannot repay the loan?
Where is the constitutional authority for the FedGov to pay farmers not to grow crops, and to compel the growing of some crops and prohibit growing others?
Where is the constitutional authority for 90% of what the current FedGov does?
Citizen please control yourself. Whatever we do is for your own good. Now please get back to work so you can pay your taxes.
Exactly.
How do we stop this without an armed revolution? Voting seems to have no effect. Once the politicians from either party (with very few exceptions) get to Washington, they become our “elite masters” to whom the rules no longer apply. They see citizens as a source of votes and revenue - nothing else.