[SoCal Pubbie]

I admire your determination. I have always been an optimist. No more. My personal situation is so dire, the effort I am expending to stay afloat so stressful, that I cannot join your crusade. I can only look at reality. The march away from the founding principles of this country is as inexorable as the coming of the Caesars. Save for a few like minded individuals, the crowd stands by and cheers to boot. I have no faith whatsoever that obamacare will ever be changed in any meaningful way, save for perhaps rearranging the deck chairs or moving on to a full blown single payer system. The list of major Federal programs ended once they've passed Constitutional muster is so short as to be effectively nonexistent.

[StormEye]

"The list of major Federal programs ended once they've passed Constitutional muster is so short as to be effectively nonexistent. "

You're right. The only major federal programs that I've seen terminated were for military spending (e.g. weapons, wars etc.). I can't think of any "social" program created by the federal government that was terminated. These programs just keep going on forever along with the oppressive taxes needed to keep them funded. To get rid of these programs means that the federal government must be abolished and a new government with the correct Constitutional political/civic ethos installed.

[StormEye]

"The list of major Federal programs ended once they've passed Constitutional muster is so short as to be effectively nonexistent. "

You're right. The only major federal programs that I've seen terminated were for military spending (e.g. weapons, wars etc.). I can't think of any "social" program created by the federal government that was terminated. These programs just keep going on forever along with the oppressive taxes needed to keep them funded. To get rid of these programs means that the federal government must be abolished and a new government with the correct Constitutional political/civic ethos installed.