Posted on 04/01/2010 5:54:13 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5 / AP) - The California Republican Party is just saying no to a November ballot initiative that would legalize marijuana in the state.
The less-than-surprising news that the state GOP would oppose a measure known as the Tax Cannabis Act was announced Wednesday on the party's Web site.
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Party chairman Ron Nehring said the health and public safety costs of expanded marijuana use would far outweigh any tax revenue raised from legalizing the drug.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbs5.com ...
Being the federalist & supporter of the 9th & 10th Amendments that I am, I believe most of the issues that you listed (w/ the exception of the one re: Cuba) should, IMO, be left to the states to decide.
The GOP wants to keep the Mexican cartels in business? Hmmmm, what’s up with that? Legalize Pot and do REAL damage to the cartels! Stupid GOP.
Just a thought experiment... is the “scale” value of the Federal government different (as designed) than the scale value of the state or local government? I think it is, with the local government having more say in community values issues (i.e., being further left than the feds). With regard to that, I can see more local control within the community based on community values and standards as being acceptable. The job of the Fed then becomes assuring that local laws are not onerous and do not deprive the local citizens of their God-given rights.
With that in mind, I can see the Federal role being around an 8 with the local governments ranging from 5-8 being acceptable. The reality is, as you or someone else said, that some conservatives want control of others so they can impose their will rather than the same degree of control by liberals. To me, that is not conservatism, yet it somes down in the “right vs left” as being right wing.
I believe that our nation was created to have a botton-up government, in which power was like a truangle: the People were the base & had the most authority...then as you proceed from them to the local, coubty, state, & federal govt's, it became smaller. Notice also that as the seat of gov't drifted away from the People, the less power it had over them. I dunno if I'm making any sense, but that's the way I look @ it.
Maybe I should have said ‘Republican.’
Federalism
We believe that political matters should be resolved by the local or state governments unless such matters are expressly reserved for the Federal Government by the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
The Federal Government has repeatedly violated the Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution by encroaching on the rights that are reserved and delegated to the states and to the People.
The California Republican Party firmly believes that the best governments are those most accountable to the People. We heed Thomas Jefferson's warning: "When all government, in little as in great things, shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power, it will render powerless the checks provided of one government on another."
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http://www.cagop.org/index.cfm/republican_party_platform.htm
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Someone in CA should ask the CA GOP leaders if they will support CA's authority under the Tenth Amendment to enact this policy, should it pass in November.
Excellent point. I am a strong supporter of state’s rights and the up swell of interest in the 10th amendment.
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