Congress Should Worry About Its Own Business Not Baseball's

Townhall.com ^ | February 15, 2008 | Mike Gallagher

[mknj]

At least when they are wasting time on this, they aren’t doing any other damage to this country.

[TexanToTheCore]

I am not sure why we pay these people to represent us. The congress seems to be nothing more than an extended welfare system. Or perhaps an extended intern delivery system.

[not2worry]

I want my money back!

I can’t believe these idiots! We got bigger problems to solve in this Country. Personally, I could care less what enhancement drugs these guys took. If Congress thinks this is “teaching” highschoolers a lesson, give me a break.

[traviskicks]

Libertarian ping! To be added or removed from my ping list freepmail me or post a message here.

[secretagent]

This is your government on steroids.

[dcwusmc]

He is 1,000% correct and right on the money. It is NOT the business of government. Not one bit!

[mountainbunny]

MLB is dreaming if it thinks it can ask for government favors and not invite government oversight.
That is the way of the world.

[dcwusmc]

But the Constitution does NOT authorize this sort of regulation. Read the Federalist papers. ALL that was intended was to ensure a level field when it came to STATE regulation of out-of-state businesses, such as establishing tariffs on goods sold from out of state or even just passing through, say, coming from Pennsylvania through New York and going to Vermont. New York MAY NOT place a tariff on such a transaction. THAT IS ALL the authority the federal government was granted by the ICC. The contemporaneous papers and writings of the Founders attest to this in no uncertain terms. But YOU are just thrilled to death that fedgov is working overtime to regulate every aspect of our lives, using the ICC or the “general welfare” clauses as the mechanism. (FYI, providing for the general welfare is a GOAL, not a grant of authority.)

[wideawake]

THAT IS ALL the authority the federal government was granted by the ICC.

Perhaps you shouldn't go around telling other people to read The Federalist. It makes you look like a hypocrite.

But YOU are just thrilled to death that fedgov is working overtime to regulate every aspect of our lives

You're clearly not interested in a substantive discussion. You are apparently under the impression that you have a divine dispensation to read men's hearts.