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Federal government takeover of welfare, education, and other domestic polices over the last 70 years is more responsible for the breakdown of the family and traditional values han any other factor, IMO.

I cannot think of one domestic issue that has not been totally screwed up by Federal control, including drug policy.

The liberal interpretation of the Constitution, especially the Commerce Clause, created the need for a forum such as Free Republic.

Every conservative worth the name should support the Tenth Amendment and reject the FDR/LBJ Commerce Clause school of thought, which has empowered Leftists and Socialists.

There is an element of truth in what you purport but how was the government responsible for the counter culture revolution of the 60s and 70s, skyrocketing abortion, and the increasing degradation of societal mores and customs as indulged by the media and culture?

Yes, the Great Society and other earlier transfer programs hurt but also the Doppler Effect from the 60s implosion. The Boomers (like me) who bought into all that garbage and rebelled did so because they had the time and money and leisure to do so. Perhaps the first American youth generation with the "liberty" to embrace irresponsibility, and we're now reaping the aftereffects...and it's not pretty. I'm afraid some of this was simply fate and demographics. Problem is...how do we fix it? As you can tell from this thread some folks want to fix the problem and some want to fix the cure and some think there is no problem and hence no cure for that matter.