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Draconis_Combine Wrote: May 17, 2012 11:17 AM

I agree. It's amazing how the design of socialism and communism have no checks and balances of power. With "czars" and "executive orders" and "interstae commerce clause", power goes unchecked most of the time. I don't think the founding fathers meant for the central governemnt to have and "sweeping" powers in any respect. If you read the federalist papers and the constitution itself, the Federal governemtn was given specific powers, and many constraints and restraints (i.e. specific do's and dont's). Sweeping authority was given to the STATES' governments.

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Sacrificial Scams

The real class warfare in this country isn't rich vs. poor, it's government employees vs. we, the taxpayers, who pay their salaries.

Working for the government is supposed to be a trade-off: You can't be fired and don't have to exert yourself, but you will receive smaller remuneration than in the private sector, where layoffs are common (especially in the Obama economy!). Instead, government jobs are safe, secure, pressure-free -- and now, amazingly lucrative!

Whether it's in Wisconsin, Illinois, California or the nation's capital, today's public sector workers expect to do little or no work (I'm not counting partying...

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