[broomhilda]

Can you build and administer a police department, judicial system, fire department, libraries? Just to name a few things that government does for you. Have you read the constitution of the United States of America lately? Do you know that the states had to give up their power to the Federal government so that we could become a cohesive country? I am not being sarcastic either. We have governing bodies from people who live in condominiums who elect people to help keep their living conditions pleasurable, to city and county governments who see that rules and regulations are enforced to make the city and county liveable for both individuals and businesses, and then we have state governments and federal governments. Each kind of government brings certain things under their umbrella. Sanitation, (do you have rats? Call Health Dept.
street repair? Call Public Works.) I hope I have been able to explain what you are looking for.

[Teacher317]

Every single one of those are state and local issues... what are the ones for the federal level?

[Teacher317]

and do you think "that the states had to give up their power to the Federal government so that we could become a cohesive country?" was a good thing, and doesn't need to be reversed, now that national cohesion is no longer a critical issue? How about having 50 different systems for Health and Human Services, Energy, etc., so that we can see what works, what doesn't, and who to emulate? Our current system has ONE way, and if it doesn't work... well, we'll form a committee and hope for better. A pathetic bureaucratic system at best.

[thrcanbonly1]

Re:#86 Yes I have read the Constitution lately. I have a framed copy hanging on my wall in my office.(mainly to piss off my boss, who is a rabid RAT), along with the Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights.

The states did not "give" any rights to the Federal Gov. The Fed Gov. has obligations not rights, only individuals have rights. These are providing for the common defence of the USA(the Military), protecting the rights of Individuals(the Judiciary), and strangely enough maintaining Postal Roads to deliver the mail. That is about the only legitimate function of the Fed Gov.

But my question was in referal to the Republican Party specificaly, not governments in general.