• Heresy_generator@kbin.social
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    The things that the federal government is responsible for are laid out in the Constitution, everything the Constitution does not place into the responsibilities of the federal government is left to state or local authorities.

    Tenth Amendment:

    Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.

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        You trust the politicians of today to rewrite the whole thing? They can’t even agree on a budget.

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          Before or after a guillotine is set up outside the place where they’re drafting it as insurance?