Why Do the People Abuse Themselves by Empowering Government?

There is nothing in the Constitution that grants the federal government the authority to regulate the health care industry, much less the right to actually administer any portion of it.  Of course, the same statement can be made about education, disability, retirement, insurance, employment, housing, and so many other key aspects of our society and the U.S. economy.  That hasn't stopped the feds from assuming control of these enterprises – sometimes partial, increasingly total.  Moreover, all three branches of the government have colluded in the lawlessly unconstitutional usurpation of the people's rights in these matters. But the people are complicit.  By repeatedly electing politicians who boldly proclaim their intention to enhance federal power, the people knowingly empower those who rob the people of their rights.  By not recalling judges who ratify the government's implementation of unconstitutional authority, the people acquiesce in...(Read Full Article)

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