As early as the 1820s, the federal government was building canals. It was controversial then.
Some would maintain that the Louisiana Purchase was Unconstitutional, especially as Jefferson isn’t allowed to initiate purchases for such things.
A police power to protect those collecting whiskey taxes (revenooers) came in pretty early, too.
This is something that affects government at every level.
The issue I see is when people don’t like something, they want it made against the law. That has gone on for many years.
My personal point of view is if you don’t like something, don’t do it. Don’t try to prevent others from doing it.
That’s is much like what many of the Founders thought if you read the Federalist Papers and their counterpoints.
Basically preserve freedom and live and let live.
The problem is there are far too many people that want absolute power and control. Many think Trump is like that. But, if you look at his record, he has removed more regulations from the Federal government than most. Fewer regulations translates to more freedom.
Many of the regulations removed were federal government overreach and we’re returned to the purview of the states where they should be.
The Founders, by their actions and words, saw government as a necessary evil and wanted the least amount of government possible.
The Constitution is written to restrict government and only empower it in very specific areas. The Tenth Amendment makes that very clear yet is largely ignored.
Amendment X (1791)
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
Globalists want a one world government with absolute control of everything in my opinion. One size fits all. But one size rarely fits all.
Trump has put a wrench into the gears of globalism. That’s why globalists be they Democrat, Republican, socialist, communist, or whatever hate him so much.
I am a strict constructionist. I am for strictly Constitutional government. ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ; ๐.๐. ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ; ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐.
Anyway, that’s, in general, my thoughts on government.
They won when they started having income tax withholding on workerโs pay checks. Prior to that, you had to pony up and pay the man but most workers had no tax burden. They made a Ponzi scheme where they would get paid first because they knew the average dolt wouldnโt have the money come April 15th. Now, they give all the good little comrades a refund of their excess withholding.
we are funding the war against us
<>With the passage of the 17th amendment, the Framersโ design was stood upside down. By changing the US Senate from the state legislatorsโ seat at the table into just another House of Representatives with longer terms, the Constitution was robbed of its most important tethers. The federal government was empowered to grow as it pleased, without state houses to rein it in. And over the past century, the size of our federal government has exploded.<>
Together, the 16th and 17th Amendments blew up our Framers’ incredible design.
We live in a representative despotism on the verge of crushing authoritarianism.