As I wrote in my
blog “Constitution or Bust”:
“The powers granted
to Congress are listed in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. They
are limited and enumerated. The list is only 429 words long. Our Founding
Fathers were so fearful of a powerful central government they added the Tenth
Amendment, 28 words, to reinforce the concept of a limited federal government
with all other powers reserved for the states and the people. Those 457
words are easy to read and understand. Nowhere in those 457 words does it say
the federal government should control healthcare, provide cell phones for the
poor, fund television and radio, or perform any other benevolent act. If
we want to expand the role of the federal government then an amendment to the
US Constitution is required.”
Today, the
front-runner in the Democratic primaries wants to turn the country into a
Socialist society. If that’s what the people want, then they deserve what
they get. Unfortunately for them, they will need to amend the
constitution.
I think we can all
agree that our founding fathers did not envision America being a socialist
country when they adopted the Constitution (read the rest of “Constitution or
Bust” here). So, it is interesting to
me that Bernie Sanders, a self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist, rants on about
President Trump “shredding” the Constitution when he chooses to simple ignores that it exists.
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