Monday: A Cup of Fiscal Sobriety To Go With Our Croissanty Constitution

WHAT PART OF THE 10th AMENDMENT AND ENUMERATED FEDERAL POWERS DON'T WE GET?

John Tamny writes today at Forbes.com: Taking nothing away from the good that comes from cuts in the rate of taxation, when we ask Congress to pass them we are blindly handing both political parties the power to tax us in order to fund spending the vast majority of which is unconstitutional.

If we really want lower taxes, it's time for us to demand that politicians adhere to the Constitution's 10th Amendment which greatly limits the power of the federal government, and which if read properly, would render most federal initiatives unconstitutional. If so, individuals could once again choose their policy bliss on a statewide basis while no longer being captive to high rates of federal taxation that pervert the intentions of the Founders.

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Let's face it, eternal economic growth and universal health care, to name only two, are not the federal government's responsibilities even though we act as if both are our divine right. Congress is more than willing to oblige our every whimsical desire to give itself more power, meaning, purpose at the sad cost of our freedoms with responsibilities. Great liberties are now being taken with our ever-rising, yeasty Constitution and nouveau enumeration of federal powers.