I am just shocked at how blind us peons are. I just don’t understand how we can think that things will ‘just work out’ and that what happens at the federal level won’t impact us in a significant way over time.

Thanks for the thoughtful post.

You’re right, uh, I mean, correct. Many of us DO get it. Many of us understand the fundamental principle of limited government and the blessing of liberty that it bestows upon its citizens.

I believe that what is most often overlooked in the debates between left and right is the distinction between Federal and State governments. In my opinion, the individual States have conceded far too much of their autonomy and sovereignty to the Federal Government.

To use the health insurance debate as an example, if our neighbors in Massachusetts vote for a single-payer health care system in their state, that is their prerogative. Good for them – voting their own pocketbooks, as it should be. The States should be incubators for their own respective experiments in governance and taxation.

But it does not necessarily follow for one State, or even a majority of States, to then create a mandate via the Federal Government to impose upon its neighbors such a system. This presumes authority far beyond what is permitted by our Constitution or foreseen by its authors.