The wisdom of federalism, our Constitution’s plan

Unfortunately, the vast majority of today’s eligible voters refuse to use their power to promote the common defense and general welfare of the United States. Instead, they sell their vote to dishonest politicians running in federal elections who bribe them with promises to use federal power for matters which were intentionally left within the reserved powers of the States. And the allowance of our federal government to assume powers intentionally reserved to the States has opened the door to the creation of countless factious groups who, in essence, sell their federal vote for "free" federal government cheese as a priority, while the common defense and general welfare of the United States takes a back seat during federal elections.


Today, the uncertainty among the vast majority of voters with regard to the constitutionally assigned duties between federal and state politicians running for office allows corrupted state politicians to blame federal politicians for local matters, while federal politicians blame political opponents for local concerns which were intentionally left under State Jurisdiction.


Now, just imagine if the blurring between the assigned duties of State and Federal politicians were ended and federal and state politicians had to run their political campaigns on their constitutionally assigned duties as summarized in Federalist Paper No. 45:


“The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce; with which last the power of taxation will, for the most part, be connected.


The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State."


One of the great advantages of federalism is the clear distinction which is drawn between the assigned duties of those running for a federal or state political office, and voters knowing where the buck stops when the general welfare of the United States is put in peril, and when State public servants neglect the general welfare of their particular state. Under these circumstances accountability is made much clearer in both federal and state elections __ an accountability which all dishonest politicians fear with a passion.


JWK



“He has erected a multitude of new offices , and sent hither swarms of officers, to harass our people, and eat out their substance” ___Declaration of Independence

Did emergency situations gradually increase federal power?

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Originally Posted by Captainron

Did emergency situations gradually increase federal power?

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That's a great question. Yes they did. And wrongfully so. The federal government has authority with consent of the States to use federal authority to deal with emergency situations. This was simply for coordination purposes, and was never intended to become permanent systems. All of this nonsense needs to be reversed. With a Second Amendment, we do not need an ATF. With a 9th and 10th Amendment, we do not need the DEA. Because 9/11 was caused by immigration policy and the US Constitution never granted the federal government authority to admit immigrants, we do not need a USCIS or a Patriot Act. With a National Guard controlled by both the federal government and the states, we do not need a FEMA. With the FairTax, we would no longer need the IRS. With state taxes as high as they are, we don't need a federal Medicaid program or SCHIP or ObamaCare. We need jobs, not federal redistribution programs that lead to permanent poverty which increases the thirst or more federal power through handing out federal dollars. We don't need an "Office of Trade Representative", that negotiates these treasonous free trade "agreements". We need protected trade.

Americans need to stop just talking the talk, and start walking the walk. Yes, we still need some departments, but we do not need these federal departments and agencies that are causing and perpetuating problems instead of solving them.

In regard to the virtues of federalism, the following article makes a number of excellent points.

Obamacare Proves the Virtues of Federalism

The article begins:

”No issue in recent years has polarized Americans as much as Obamacare. It produced a party-line vote in Congress, a near-fatal court battle, a revolt by states that refused to run exchanges or expand Medicaid, dozens of House votes to repeal it and, now, a bungled launch that could be its undoing. It's a barroom brawl that never ends.”

JWK

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.___ Tenth Amendment

I'm not opposed, in principle at least, to all US citizens being able to access health care, but it is getting out of hand:
1. Illegal residents take advantage of our hospitals and clinics
2. US citizens CAN go elsewhere for lower cost non-emergency treatment; When even less developed nations build new facilities they are well built and the medical care is high quality. They may not have the very latest technology, but it is at least comparable to what we had in the 1980's or even 1990's. A lot of Americans are not getting the latest treatment either. I've read that Malaysia offers some of the best, AFFORDABLE medical care:http://www.medicaltourism.com.my/en/index.aspx
3. If the US federal government did have a "Single-Payer System" that would probably translate into a stronger monopoly of US physicians on US treatment. Then the arguments would shift to price controls. I guess there have been programs now where the insurer works to get the client treatment at some place that doesn't cost as much ( maybe Canada or Mexico?). Put the government in as insurer and watch costs skyrocket.