I’m a fan of Cruz, Rand Paul, Lee and all the rest who believe limited government means just that-limits on-or getting rid of-the programs/laws that, according to the Constitution, restrict personal liberty-and that means the ones you don’t like, but also the ones that you do like because they benefit you and yours.
Here’s a much simpler and more precise method of what Fedgov should/should not do; no vague “restricting personal liberty” slogans needed.
Fedgov should do ONLY that which the Constitution enumerates as its duties. NOT ONE THING MORE.
Everything else up to States and people.
Jive slogans can mean everything and anything.
I think the reason those slogans even exist is, in great part because states’ and individual rights have been ceded to the fed for so long that people can’t be pried from the trough any other way-the idea or liberty resonates with the sheep, where responsibility does not, even though they are sides of the same constitutional coin.
I agree, and I’m at a loss as to why so many states are in thrall to the fed, based on the temporary nature of the goodies-I don’t see what part of “you have to pay it back with outrageous interest and your sovereignty “ is so damn difficult to understand-like with obamascare-fed pays for a couple years, then the state gets the bill, and becomes even more enslaved. How do responsible people put a stop to that, short of tar and feathers?