Is the government violating the 10th amendment with all of it's wasteful spending projects?
The 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." This explicitly states that if there is no power delegated to the US by the constitution, which was written by the states, that the federal government does not have that power, only the people or the states. If you look at all the government programs today, many of them are outside of the power given to the federal government in the constitution. For example, the constitution gives the power to tax, hold censuses and elections, build post roads, etc. It does not give the power to build a standing army and invade other countries, have a war on drugs, regulate healthcare, the airwaves, etc. This doesn't mean that there should be no oversight at all in these industries, but it should be left to the people and the states, not the monolithic federal government. Sure, sometimes it sounds like a great idea that when a new law is passed to improve people's lives, it should be passed for everyone to enjoy. But if you're going to pass all your laws at the federal level, why not just pass them at the international level and force all countries to adhere? The problem is that people want different things. And if a law isn't good enough for the whole world, it's probably not good enough for the whole country. Why not let the states pass their version of those laws? If the law is really that good, why not just let all those states pass the same law voluntarily? Of course if you start heading in that direction, you can start to ask why states even have these laws and why not just let cities make their own laws. It's a good question. But one thing is for sure, the federal government should not be involved in laws that are really local issues. Please don't forget to subscribe to "Taxation Is Theft" to get weekly video updates: bit.ly/2CUKmkU Follow us: Facebook: facebook.com/taxationistheft2 Twitter: twitter.com/taxationestheft Swag: taxationistheft.cards Blog: taxationistheft.info
