“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”.
                                                       10th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution.

It isn’t surprising that Congress doesn’t follow what the constitution says regarding States rights and our individual rights and freedoms. They don’t follow it because they feel OUR original constitution has become obsolete.  Like all liberal progressives they feel we have “evolved” as a country and they know what is best for us.

Our liberal progressive Congress believes we are incapable of taking care of ourselves so it has become their responsibility to oversee our welfare. They do this by continually proposing and mandating unfunded policies and programs like universal health care.

Ask yourself, why does Congress feel they can strip us of our constitutional rights? According to the Constitution they have no legal authority to mandate most of their bloated, inefficient government programs but they continue to jam them down our throats anyway. It’s about time we begin to elect people to send to Lansing and Washington who will represent our interests and follow the Constitution they have taken an oath to defend and protect.

The tenth amendment clearly defines the constraints the founding fathers felt essential in keeping us the true “Republic” we were intended to be. One of the founders greatest fears was that the States and the People would see a usurpation of their rights by a “DESPOTIC” form of government, which is what we are quickly “evolving” into under the Obama administration.

The only way to reverse this progressive onslaught is to elect people who believe in “Our Original Constitution” and the rights and privileges it afforded us. Only by demanding a sense of responsibility and fiscal accountability from our elected officials can we expect to overcome the destructive policies and ideologies that have permeated our governmental bodies.

How you vote this fall will determine the future of your children and grandchildren. Will you vote for the “Tax & Spend policies of the liberal progressive candidates” or for the “Lower tax, less government and fiscally conservative candidates” that believe they can’t spend money they don’t have?  

REMEMBER THEY WORK FOR YOU and THEY SHOULD REPRESENT YOUR BEST INTEREST – MAKE SURE YOUR VOTE COUNTS!

(Submitted for publication to the Dewitt/Bath Review, Clinton County News, The St. Johns/DeWitt Informer, The Owosso Independent, The Laingsburg Independent & The Perry Independent on April 23, 2010)

(Published in the DeWitt/Bath Review on May 2, 2010 )

