tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post8107943427361244756..comments2023-08-20T07:06:14.115-04:00Comments on Thurber's Thoughts: Sunday round-upMaggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12677808307727487766noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-51297235967625450862009-08-30T11:43:33.993-04:002009-08-30T11:43:33.993-04:00By making/changing laws, tax and regulatory, the g...By making/changing laws, tax and regulatory, the government is forcing individuals and companies to make decisions not based on their "enlightened self-interest" but on the laws trying to modify behavior. <br /><br />I have always thought the left is about control. Some of the "true believers" really think that a few elites can make your life decisions better than you can. <br /><br />In their ideal world, everyone would work, send all of the fruits of their labor to the central government, which then would dole out what they think we should have.<br /><br />I go back to the simple truth: The government cannot give you anything that they have not first taken away.Romanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07016139270835685661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-29751105846270329672009-08-30T11:02:39.587-04:002009-08-30T11:02:39.587-04:00Maggie,
We know a great deal about how the Foundi...Maggie,<br /><br />We know a great deal about how the Founding Fathers felt about States rights, as Virginia, New York, and Rhode Island all ratified the Constitution while stating in their ratification that they were "sovereign states". <br /><br />Likewise Madison and Jefferson, in authoring the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions respectively declared the supremacy of the States, with the Kentucky resolution stating, "the several states composing the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government; but that by a compact ... they ... delegated to {that government} certain definite powers, reserving ... the residuary mass of right to their own self-government." (excerpted from "The Real Lincoln" by Thomas J DiLorenzo)Timothy W Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17118861693269565715noreply@blogger.com