Matter of fact yes. It's unconstitutional and not a power of the national government
Or maybe this is an attempt to fix SOMETHING?
Ah, yes. The national government 'fixing' something. I look back with fond memories of how many things the national government has 'fixed'. It's good to see 'conservatives' so adamant about the national government getting involved in what is a state issue at best. But that is what Republicans have always been good at isn't it? And selling it as conservatism the entire time
"The national government 'fixing' something."
It's interesting to me when people cling to dogma over substance. Pension funds being under funded is a real issue and a real problem, that left unattended will cost the federal government billions, (pension guarantee corp).
Many states are like Ohio. Ohio's state government is as useless and clueless as it gets.
You're technically correct about who should do what. You're also ignoring what has transpired over the years. The Federal government directs the States by distributing or withholding tax dollars.
But it's more fun to complain about the Feds overstepping their boundries, rather than examine how a problem could be addressed.
How about the income tax? I'm not sure, but I've heard that's unconstitutional as well?
Drat! You beat me to it.
All this bleating about the plight of the poor American worker is making me continuously nauseous. Liberals like Bush seem to think that because Americans have become too fat and lazy to save for their own futures that the state must step in and do it for them.
Personally, I'd like to see a few beneficiaries of our culture of instant gratification and disdain for the long view reap the rewards of their behavior, but as long as we have the current two-party socialist system, it will never happen.