Beware of results concerning federal domestic policy!
Consider that nearly all federal domestic social spending programs are based on stolen state powers and uniquely associated stolen state revenues, such revenues stolen by means of unconstitutional federal taxes.
In fact, the congressional record shows that Rep. John Bingham, a constitutional lawmaker, had clarified that the Founding States had left the care of the people to the states, not the feds.
”... the care of the property, the liberty, and the life of the citizen, under the solemn sanction of an oath imposed by your Federal Constitution, is in the States, and not in the Federal Government [emphases added].” —Rep. John Bingham, Congressional Globe, 1866. (See about middle of 3rd column.)
Justice Brandeis later reflected on Bingham’s words, emphasizing the power of the people of a given state to decide how their state will care for them.
"It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose [emphasis added], serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.” —Justice Brandeis, Laboratories of democracy.
(Note that constitutional limits on states as laboratories of democracy is that states cannot establish privileged / protected classes or abridge constitutionally enumerated rights, and must maintain a constitutionally guaranteed republican form of government.)
So why is the federal government now dictating domestic policy since the main domestic spending program that the states have expressly constitutionally authorized the feds to run is arguably the US Mail Service (1.8.7)?
Let's contrast the reasonable clarification of the federal government's constitutionally limited powers by the last of the state sovereignty-respecting Supreme Court majority justices in the 1930s, the justices having explained the fed's limited powers in the context of the 10th Amendment (10A) in United States v. Butler (Butler) shown below, with how FDR's state sovereignty-ignoring majority justices later interpreted that amendment.
Using inappropriate words like “concept” and “implicit,” the excerpt below from Wickard v. Filburn then shows what was left of the Court's defense of 10A-protected state sovereignty in Butler after FDR’s state sovereignty-ignoring activist justices got finished with it, the justices scandalously deciding Wickard in Congress’s favor imo.
"10th Amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
”From the accepted doctrine that the United States is a government of delegated powers, it follows that those not expressly granted, or reasonably to be implied from such as are conferred, are reserved to the states, or to the people. To forestall any suggestion to the contrary, the Tenth Amendment was adopted. The same proposition, otherwise stated, is that powers not granted are prohibited [emphasis added].” —United States v. Butler, 1936.
"In discussion and decision, the point of reference, instead of being what was "necessary and proper" to the exercise by Congress of its granted power, was often some concept [???] of sovereignty thought to be implicit [??? emphases added] in the status of statehood." —Wickard v. Filburn, 1942.
The remedy for the unconstitutionally big federal government on our backs…
Patriots must elect a new patriot Congress in the 2020 elections that will not only promise to fully support PDJT’s vision for MAGA, now KAG, but will also do the following.
New patriot lawmakers also need to promise to work with PDJT in surrendering state powers that the post-17th Amendment ratification feds have stolen from the states back to the states.
Patriots then need to make restored state powers permanent by further supporting PDJT in leading the states to repeal the 16th and ill-conceived 17th Amendments.
Remember in November 2020!
MAGA! Now KAG! (Keep America Great!)
"The “Holy Grail” of organized crime is to control government power to tax." —me
"The 16th Amendment effectively repealed the involuntary servitude aspect of the 13th Amendment imo, evidenced by unconstitutional federal taxes." —me
"Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States." —Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
"13th Amendment, Section 1:
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude [emphasis added], except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
"16th Amendment:
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration."
"The constitutionally undefined political parties are basically rival, corrupt voter unions, “union dues” paid by means of unconstitutional federal taxes.” —me
"The smart crooks long ago figured out that getting themselves elected to federal office to make unconstitutional tax laws to fill their pockets is a much easier way to make a living than robbing banks." —me
"Federal career lawmakers probably laugh all the way to the bank to deposit bribes for putting loopholes for the rich and corporations in tax appropriations laws, Congress actually not having the express constitutional authority to make most appropriations laws where domestic policy is concerned. Such laws are based on stolen state powers and uniquely associated stolen state revenues." —me
“New patriot lawmakers also need to promise to work with PDJT in surrendering state powers that the post-17th Amendment ratification feds have stolen from the states back to the states.”
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That is exactly the kind of RESULTS I have in mind. The Republicans talk about smaller government but all they do is vote (with the Democrats) to increase its size. Every two years we need to demand that they show us evidence of working to downsize the federal government. From that singular objective we can solve a lot of our current problems that stem from a one-size-fits-all overbearing government. That is the source of much of the division in this country.