Posted on 05/25/2010 6:16:43 AM PDT by Patriot1259
Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution makes it clear that the federal government has very few powers delegated to it. Meanwhile, the Tenth Amendment in the Bill of Rights delegates powers not explicitly granted to the federal government to the states and the citizens. James Madison eloquently noted that "ambitious encroachments of the federal government, on the authority of the State governments, would not excite the opposition of a single State, or of a few States only. They would be signals of general alarm... But what degree of madness could ever drive the federal government to such an extremity." (Federalist No. 46, January 29, 1788). Madison would be shocked to see the state of affairs our nation is in today.
The brilliance of those who founded this Republic was obvious. They gave the national government very limited powers and gave the power to do virtually anything they desired to the states. They did this knowing that, if an individual state exercised too much control -- taxes too high, regulations too oppressive -- people would be free to leave to find a place with more liberties. This freedom to "vote with their feet" would keep the state governments in check and give the American people the ability to find the type of government that met their needs....
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