A new poll from NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health finds that a whopping 59 percent of Americans support punishing people for choosing to not get health insurance.
Feb 29, 2008 | Categories:Health Care | Tags: fines, force, Government, Health Care, health-insurance, heathcare, mandatory-health-insurance, tyranny |
A “must-read” over at RonPaul2008.com on the principles of state’s rights; the 10th Amendment. Here’s an excerpt: We are working to overcome a hundred years of indoctrination and increased dependency. The Founders would be appalled that, almost 221 years since our Constitution was written, we are now having to re-explain what a Republic is and [...]
Feb 22, 2008 | Categories:Federalism | Tags: 10th Amendment, Congress, Constitution, delegated-powers, Enumerated Powers, Federalism, implied-powers, Limited Government, Medicare, Ron Paul, Social Security, State Sovereignty, tenth-amendment |
Guest Commentary by Dan Reale You can ask anybody what the first amendment prevents infringement upon. They might know about one thing, freedom of speech, but incorrectly, tell you we are granted freedom of speech. Even then, most miss the other four inalienable rights the Constitution limits the federal government from violating. Most are equally [...]
Feb 08, 2008 | Categories:Limited Government | Tags: article-1-section-8, Congress, Constitution, Dan Reale, declaration, Education, Enumerated Powers, Federal Reserve, Founding Fathers, Government, Guest Commentary, healthcare, Limited Government, State Sovereignty, tenth-amendment, War, War Powers |
Recently, the TSA – in an effort to improve their awful public image – launched a blog. Yes, the TSA is “reaching out” to all of us – and it’s not to pat us down without a warrant…this time. According to a post at ThinkProgress.org, it didn’t kick off too well. In fact, so many [...]
Feb 05, 2008 | Categories:Enumerated Powers | Tags: 10th Amendment, blog, Constitution, Enumerated Powers, Government, Positive Grant, TSA |
Guest Commentary by David Smith I have been pleasantly surprised by the Walt Disney Corporation’s recent foray into making decent movies, namely with the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ and ‘National Treasure’ franchises. I would like to draw attention to a particular line of significance in the most recent release in these lines, ‘National Treasure: Book [...]
Feb 04, 2008 | Categories:Government | Tags: 10th Amendment, centralization, Constitution, David Smith, decentralization, Federalism, Guest Commentary, Ron Paul, State Sovereignty |
by Rep Ron Paul It has been over 6 years since the atrocities of September 11 were committed and there are still some very basic measures that need to be taken to bring the perpetrators to justice and make America safer. I have proposed legislation to help with these efforts and will continue to fight [...]
Feb 01, 2008 | Categories:Foreign Policy | Tags: bin-laden, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Guest Commentary, hr-3216, hr3216, immigration, letters-of-marque, marque, reprisal, Ron Paul, terrorism, visa |
Why we have a Tenth Amendment
Guest Commentary by Dan Reale You can ask anybody what the first amendment prevents infringement upon. They might know about one thing, freedom of speech, but incorrectly, tell you we are granted freedom of speech. Even then, most miss the other four inalienable rights the Constitution limits the federal government from violating. Most are equally [...]
Feb 08, 2008 | Categories:Limited Government | Tags: article-1-section-8, Congress, Constitution, Dan Reale, declaration, Education, Enumerated Powers, Federal Reserve, Founding Fathers, Government, Guest Commentary, healthcare, Limited Government, State Sovereignty, tenth-amendment, War, War Powers | 12 Comments »