Thank you for referencing that article 2ndDivisionVet. As usual, please bear in mind that the following critique is directed at the article and not at you.
While I will vote for Ted Cruz for president if nominated “to lead the nation forward,” please bear the following in mind. Practically the only domestic service that the states have ever delegated to the feds, expressly via the Constitution, the specific power to regulate, tax and spend for in the name of “leading the nation forward” is the US Mail Service. This is evidenced by the Constitution’s Clause 7 of Section 8 of Article I.
The 17th amendment needs to disappear.
And the 16th admendment.