Posted on 02/24/2015 2:44:05 PM PST by ctdonath2
...when there was a Texas drought that hurt the crops of farmers there, Congress allotted $10,000 to buy seed grain to help them recover. But [President Grover] Cleveland vetoed the expenditure and explained why like this:
I can find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution, and I do not believe that the power and duty of the general government ought to be extended to the relief of individual suffering which is in no manner properly related to the public service or benefit. A prevalent tendency to disregard the limited mission of this power and duty should, I think, be steadfastly resisted, to the end that the lesson should be constantly enforced that, though the people support the government, the government should not support the people. The friendliness and charity of our countrymen can always be relied upon to relieve their fellow-citizens in misfortune. This has been repeatedly and quite lately demonstrated. Federal aid in such cases encourages the expectation of paternal care on the part of the government and weakens the sturdiness of our national character.
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And a Democrat, no less...
Au contraire. A competent president who knew what to veto.
Cleveland was the “conservative” in the 1884 race against Blaine, right?
Cleveland was a Democrat too. He’s more conservative than Republicans.
Cleveland. Coolidge. Pierce. Even Harding.
Conservatives. Did their job. But the sheeple want a tyrant, so 90% of conservatives never heard of them.
Simply amazing. Government within the confines of the Constitution. What a wonderful thing. Imagine how much more money would be in the pockets of Americans if we could restrict government again.
We have essentially surrendured all of our rights.
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