Tea Party schedules Town Hall
\nThe Tenth Amendment of our Bill of Rights states as follows: “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.”
\nMore simply stated, our Federal Government has the power to only do what is on the “can-do” task list written in the US Constitution. Beyond that, the States have the power to do only those things that are on the States’ “can-do” task list written in the US Constitution. If something isn’t on the Federal or States’ “can-do” task list, then all other “can-do” powers belong to the people.
\nSeems simple enough, except that governments, by their very nature, always want to gather more power to themselves by any means necessary. Ever wonder why the Federal Government has the power to be involved in your child’s education, right down to your kid’s school lunch? The word “education” is not even found in the US Constitution, and is therefore a power given to the people or the states.
\nMichigan’s Constitution mentions education forty-eight times. Yet over the years, weak state and local legislators across this country, and the people who elect them, have given up so much of their power to the Federal Government.
\nIt shouldn’t have happened. The Tenth Amendment was written to prevent it. Do we care, really?
\nThe Clinton County Tea Party is holding a Town Hall starting at 7 pm on Tuesday, March 12th at the Riley Township Hall. The speaker will be Shane Trejo, who will explain the meaning and intent of the Tenth Amendment. Tenth Amendment legislation is being introduced and passed all across this country. Please come and learn how you can be a part of this growing, powerful movement.
\nDavid J. Smith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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