I've always been mostly a constitutional constructionist, and everything leads from there. I have tended to vote Republican because they tended to not try to trample on as many of the first 10 amendments, but they have completely trod all over the 10th amendment for the last 8 years, and I feel that this is one of the most important in keeping the Federal Government in check, so I didn't help in 2006, when they lost the house and senate to the Dems.
Unfortunately, this latest MASSIVE growth in the Federal gov, represented by the so-called "stimulus" package, will NEVER be reversed. Even in the Republicans gain back control of everything 4 years from now, the Federal Gov. will never get smaller...
....It makes we want to cry. Both parties are going to allow the US to turn into one big Federal DMV.
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