Ping!
i realize that on the face of it these measures change nothing. What practical function do they serve, beyond political points for state legislatures with their constituents?
Can the Federal Government still mandate states to do certain things that cost the states money?
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There seems to be two camps here: 1) This does not mean anything and 2)this could be the start of something BIG.
Yes, the Dukes and Duchesses in Versailles on the Potomac will ignore these acts and continue their profligate ways.
Yes, the answer is do not take money in any form nor send taxes of any kind.
Yes, ignore their unfunded mandates.
This is civil/legal disobedience. THAT is the next step; followed bythe alternative is armed insurrection.
No, it is not treason to restore our liberties.
No, do not fear the behemoth we have allowed to grow.
No, I will not resign myself to being a slave.
I served my country, when it was still mine. I will fight to get it back.
Go, Oklahoma!
The rest of the nation is watching you. Don’t let us down!
I checked the legislature’s website for status information. It confirms what this article says about it passed the senate.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/WebBillStatus/main.html
I think the house and senate versions have to be reconciled. Thanks for posting this!
I also note that the senate information page calls this a constitutional amendment for OK. Anyone have any thoughts on that?
JBS bump!
That's House Joint Resolution, it's not a bill. It's only symbolic, good symbolism, but it has no effect.
A link in post #10 for MRStep.com lists 30 states. Some of them in prior years. They have updates that several states have lost the vote.
This is good but addresses only half (the easy half of the problem). None of the federal encroachments are theoretically mandatory. Don’t want highway funds? No problem, your DUI threshold can be 0.20% if you want. So the feds are taking money from the citizens of the states, then buying the citizens’ freedoms from the state legislatures with the people’s own money! So as the feds have designed the game, it’s “bend over for our unConstitutional power grabs or sit by and fund the less principled and more socialist states that will”. The rules of the game are fundamentally broken and have to be addressed at that level, and not just by declining the latest “dollars for liberty” scam.
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