tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post531401437563791985..comments2024-03-19T02:45:37.685-07:00Comments on Calafia Beach Pundit: The limits of Constitutional AuthorityScott Grannishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-12400135919113662212011-02-21T16:43:31.028-08:002011-02-21T16:43:31.028-08:00Just on the basis of the first article mentioned t...Just on the basis of the first article mentioned this ad is either dishonest or the writers do not know how to read English.<br /><br />It says that "Rather, it authorizes Congress to raise revenue in support of the specifically enumerated powers that follow it." But not all the following powers require raising revenue, some are for the purpose aiding the raising of revenue, as in the Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17167327283573273716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-34397777695666540142011-02-17T18:18:19.332-08:002011-02-17T18:18:19.332-08:00Scott-I could not agree more. Richard every argume...Scott-I could not agree more. Richard every argument is nuanced--otherwise it wouldn't be much of an argument. Everyone that has predicted that we are at the brink has been horribly wrong yet we all recognize that there are only two outcomes to unbridled borrowing and spending. Those outcomes are either default or inflation--there is simply no other route. We have pegged the rate of overnightSteve Fultonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17201413605319579983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-80498277503215597842011-02-17T16:56:01.471-08:002011-02-17T16:56:01.471-08:00Richard, I would argue strongly that our federal g...Richard, I would argue strongly that our federal government has greatly exceeded the limits that were placed on it in many ways and over many years. Without strictly enforcing limits we are going to see the power of the federal government continue to expand at the expense of individual liberty. It cannot be otherwise. ObamaCare is a great example. If the government can force us to buy health Scott Grannishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-55238697353384041722011-02-17T16:16:30.941-08:002011-02-17T16:16:30.941-08:00This is so much spitting in the wind. Neither side...This is so much spitting in the wind. Neither side believes in "rolling back"in principle other than to seeing the other's ox get gored. More importantly, this paean to orginalism is a wrongheaded in the vein of Nino Scalia and his determinedly wrong reading of history, legal and otherwise. For Pete's sake, quoting the Federalist is not citing the Constitution but one nuanced Richard O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10484251192705743078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-7611764692061569762011-02-17T07:01:10.901-08:002011-02-17T07:01:10.901-08:00You only need to look to how much we spend to supp...You only need to look to how much we spend to support our elected officials, maintain their edifices, friendships with other countries, and war games to know the Constitution has never been on shakier ground.Public Libraryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017383928897945054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-23185987842752990702011-02-16T20:48:48.942-08:002011-02-16T20:48:48.942-08:00Having just spent some time in DC speaking with Ro...Having just spent some time in DC speaking with Royalty descended from God, I mean our elected officials, I can assure you that virtually none of them believe some flimsy old document; AKA The Constitution of the United States of America, has any boundaries that keeps them from doing whatever they feel like doing.Steve Fultonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17201413605319579983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-48253433940470906962011-02-16T11:38:45.791-08:002011-02-16T11:38:45.791-08:00This should be put in the form of a clarifying Con...This should be put in the form of a clarifying Constitutional Amendment, ratified by 3/4ths of the states, then gradually repeal all laws that do not comply with the 18 numerated powers. We could repeal the 16th amendment at the same time because we would no longer need the revenue from the income tax to fund unconstitutional expenditures.djakelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06247798800719389756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-46629824470007315182011-02-16T08:46:55.068-08:002011-02-16T08:46:55.068-08:00if only we could make it go viral. it is such an i...if only we could make it go viral. it is such an imp message.septizoniomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14253705209662419429noreply@blogger.com