Current Events vs. Founding Documents
This column presents facts regarding the United States Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the Wisconsin State Constitution, and various other documents in reference to modern topics. Mark hopes to encourage interest in those works so that others can consider whether our government is practicing within its constitutional limits. In the last category, he may indicate his opinion. Mark is a resident of New Berlin. Readers are encouraged to visit the following sites for more information on the United States Constitution and Thomas Jefferson's views on politics and government.
A long train of abuses and usurpations
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Current Event
From CBS/AP on March 19, 2010
The widely-reviled "Cornhusker Kickback" is out. A little special treatment for Tennessee is in. A special deal for a North Dakota bank almost made it in.
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But the 153 pages of changes to the massive health care package do include extra money for hospitals in Tennessee that serve large numbers of low-income patients. Democrats say the money simply brings Tennessee up to par with the rest of the country.
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Still alive is special spending for Louisiana, Connecticut, Montana and other states that was included in the health care bill that the Senate approved in December. The House may give it final approval this weekend.
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From ABC News.com WASHINGTON, March 9, 2010
The White House today dismissed comments from a retiring Democratic congressman who claimed his own party had hounded him out of office because he had planned to vote against President Obama’s health care bill.
Rep. Eric Massa, D-N.Y., announced his resignation last week amid allegations that he sexually harassed two male aides. The congressman first said he was stepping down because his cancer had returned, but then shifted his story, suggesting in a radio interview that he was being forced out of Congress as part of a "setup" involving the White House.
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According to a Rasmussen poll on March 19, 2010
“Democratic congressional leaders have scheduled a House vote on their national health care plan this Sunday, but 59% of U.S. voters say most members of Congress will not understand what is in the plan before they vote on it. “
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The People and the Constitution vs. Their elected officials
Founding Document
US Constitution: 10th Amendment:
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.
We the People:
The House bill is 2700 pages long and creates 110 new agencies. The Senate bill is 2074 pages long.
I doubt that House Speaker Pelosi would have allowed the Massa story to lead to his resignation had he supported healthcare bill. This was a signal to other Democratic Congressmen not to dare break ranks. And some Wisconsin Representatives support this perversion of democracy. What are they hiding?
Quoting Edmund Burke (British Statesman and philosopher from the 18th century); “Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who does nothing because he could only do a little.”
Blackmail, abusive reconciliation procedural violations, special deals, transferring Medicaid burden to us from other states, complex regulation, cushy jobs for officials’ relatives, and Congress exceeding its authority do not comprise government of the people. And while we have been arguing about which major party violates more, both have abused our federal government. Government of the people requires participation by the people. Are you ready to help get it back?
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