Quote:
|
Originally Posted by sprocket
And since thats the case, he, and the his supporters should just sit back and do nothing until the courts are benevolent enough to give us our rights back? We get it... you don't agree on his constitutional views. How do you think you can actually bring a state, or congress to the table to amend? By convincing others its the right thing to do, perhaps?
|
Sure....convince others that a smaller, less intrusive federal government is the right thing to do...and I would agree with you to some extent.
But do it honestly and not by lying or misrepresenting current laws or federal social programs (among others) by saying they are unconstitutional...because at present, they are not.
If Ron Paul wants to make these programs unconstitutional, then that should be his message.
I'll even offer some suggested remarks to Ron Paul
:
"While I personally believe programs like social security and medicare are unconstitutional, as are federal regulatory agencies like the EPA, FDA, FCC, SEC...according to my understanding of he original intent of the framers, the Supreme Court has decided otherwise and we must respect that....so I therefore call for all Americans to support a constitutional amendment to bar the federal government from providing these services."
Here's a good place to start...Ron Paul's position on medicare:
Free market health care alternatives, such as medical savings accounts, should be available to everyone, including senior citizens.
The federal entitlement to Medicare should be abolished, leaving health care decision making regarding the elderly at the state, local, or personal level.
Good luck on convincing seniors and the first wave of baby-boomers (soon to be seniors) that medicare is unconstitutional and should be abolished.
The same applies to so many other federal programs where millions of citizens are the beneficiaries.