Posted in constitution, Thomas Jefferson, james madison, article i section 8, tenth amendment, socialized medicine, supreme court, gun control, nullification, federal reserve, article i section 10, bill of rights, electoral college, federalist papers, necessary and proper, first amendment, free speech, secession, decentralization on Oct 29th, 2020
In this episode we examine the American experiment through the lens of the Tenth Amendment which Thomas Jefferson called the foundation of the Constitution.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
That means, the federal government is only authorized to do those few things that have been delegated to it. It is my contention that, if the federal government was still in its tiny, little sandbox created for it by the Constitution, this country would thrive. Unfortunately the federal leviathan has not only outgrown its sandbox but has taken over the entire yard, neighborhood, state, country!
The consequences of the overreach are largely unseen yet substantial. The corruption, the failure of one-size-fits-all policies, the influence peddling - all of it acts as a restraint on the American system of free markets, entrepreneurism, freedom and liberty. Instead we allow a handful of powerful people in D.C. and the media to divide us into a series of special interest groups who fight and bicker with each other. All the while the leviathan continues to grow and grow and grow with the only end in sight being the collapse of the U.S. dollar and the U.S. economy, which come to think of it, might have been the plan all along.
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Podcast: The Tenth Amendment’s Original Intent
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Posted in , , abortion, constitution, article i section 8, tenth amendment, minimum wage, social security, medicare, medicaid, obamacare, healthcare, nsa, supreme court, gun control, federal reserve, the fed, article i section 10, socialism, incorporation doctrine, declaration of independence, electoral college, articles of confederation, states rights, necessary and proper, immigration, term limits, war on poverty, sound money, asset forfeiture, gold, shadow ban, deplatform, sixteenth amendment, secession, decentralization, Joe Biden, abraham lincoln, cancel culture, voter fraud on Aug 10th, 2020
If you asked 100 people if they think America is healthy culturally, financially, spiritually, educationally, racially, or constitutionally, I am willing to bet a large majority would respond in the negative.
America is broken and the only thing that can save it (from itself) is state secession.
In this episode I build the case for secession:
- The reasons it is necessary
- Why secession is good
- Refute most of the common objections to secession
- Address how it could be accomplished in the 21st century
Please comment below and help build the secession movement.
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Posted in , constitution, tenth amendment, socialized medicine, federal reserve, gold standard, article i section 10, states rights, sound money, decentralization on Apr 18th, 2020
In the last episode, we covered some of the lighter side issues like the importance of slowing down, enjoying our families, nature and the simple things in life. We also discussed the impact the crisis will have on future attendance at traditional four-year colleges and the continued failings of socialized medical systems.
Today we are going to look at this topic more from a public policy and economics’ perspective. We examine why the United States' federal government and all centralized political bodies are too big to succeed. In the shadow of the Coronavirus crisis, we look at the dramatic need for deregulation at all levels of government.
We end the episode with an examination of the crisis from a constitutional and economic angle: fiat currency, the importance of savings, and the stock market bubble pricked by the Coronavirus.
Show Notes:
Timeline: The Regulations—and Regulators—That Delayed Coronavirus Testing
U.S. Needs Billions of New Masks to Combat Coronavirus. Feds Say It'll Take Up To 90 Days to Approve New Mask-Making Facilities.
Critical Medical Supply Shortage: The Moment US Woke Up To Disaster Of Always Outsourcing To China
The 4 Key Reasons the U.S. Is So Behind on Coronavirus Testing
Small Regulatory Reforms That Can Help People During the COVID Pandemic
COVID-19 Exposes Americans' Financial Irresponsibility
Only One Way Out of the Coronavirus Crisis
Republicans Want You to Be Terrified of Ebola—So You'll Vote for Them
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Posted in , , constitution, Thomas Jefferson, article i section 8, tenth amendment, federal reserve, the fed, inflation, jekyll island, gold standard, article i section 10, malinvestment on Jan 12th, 2019
In the previous episode, #27 The Truth About the Federal Reserve – An Introduction, I laid the groundwork for this episode. So now that you know what the Fed is, why it was created and how it creates money, let’s look at the results of the last 100+ years since this monstrosity was created.
We will discuss the constitutionality of the Fed, how it creates inflation, its impact on savers and people on fixed incomes, malinvestment, bailouts, how it funds the welfare and warfare state, the gold standard, and I conclude the episode with a side-by-side comparison of the current monetary system dominated by the Fed with one without it.
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Posted in , constitution, Thomas Jefferson, james madison, article i section 8, tenth amendment, second amendment, article i section 10, bill of rights, incorporation doctrine, fourteenth amendment, due process, electoral college, necessary and proper, ninth amendment, fifth amendment, fourth amendment, first amendment, free speech, article ii section 2 on Jul 20th, 2018
In America we are living through a perpetual constitutional crisis. The heavy restrictions placed on the federal government by the United States Constitution have been largely ignored for most of the country's history. We have experienced both small and incremental steps in the power and growth of the federal government (federal agencies, bureaucracies and regulations) as well as large and unprecedented leaps (the Alien and Sedition Acts, the internment of Japanese, The Patriot Act, and NSA spying).
In this episode I hope to influence the way you look at the federal government going forward - through the eyes of the Founding Fathers.
As mentioned in previous episodes, questions are powerful methods of persuasion especially when you require skeptics to answer them. In Episode 2, I posed the question "WHAT ABOUT THE BABY?" Today I will pose the question, "WHERE IN THE CONSTITUTION?" This is a question I hope you ask every time you evaluate the actions of our elected and unelected officials in Washington, D.C.
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