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To: Ronbo1948
by simply limiting the federal government to its constitutional role

Therein lies the rub. How are we gonna do that?

27 posted on 01/30/2010 9:47:13 AM PST by krb (Obama is a miserable failure.)
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To: krb

....How about restricting the right to vote and hold office to FReepers? Robert Heinlein’s idea was the franchise went only to veterans. The paradox is that only an oligarchy can rule a republic successfully for the long term, but an oligarchy leads to one man rule.


29 posted on 01/30/2010 10:53:17 AM PST by Ronbo1948
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