Many, if not most, Americans are unaware that the nation is composed of separate republics with their own constitutions. They are, of course, the individual states.
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved respectively, or to the people.” – Tenth Amendment
By tying compliance with federal laws and regulation to receiving funds, the states have been coerced to accept programs that limit freedoms enumerated in the Constitution and the passage of Obamacare is but one example. Some twenty states have refused to set up the mandated insurance exchanges. Obamacare grants the government complete control over the provision of medical care that every American has formerly received from the free market health system that it destroyed. It gives the federal government control over our lives in terms of who lives or dies.
As noted on the website of the Tenth Amendment Center: "The Founding Fathers has good reason to pen the Tenth Amendment." To Read More…..
My Take - The two elements of the Constitution that allowed for this mess are the 16th and 17th amemndments, both of which may not have passed legitimately. The 16th gave the federal government potentially unlimited power to extort money from the people (income tax) and the 17th (how senators are chosen) destroyed the concept of a balance of power between the states and the federal government.
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