Conservative Libertarian Outpost

From what I have seen, at least so far. The mainstream media has branded the “Tea Party’s” as being orchestrated by Washington insiders or right wing extremist hate groups, if they mentioned them at all that is.

When the reality is that they were grass roots initiated and led by people that actually do care about this nation, and the Constitution that it is based upon.

What follows is one mans response to the various accusations. Well done sir!

In response to “Tax protests were fake outrage being aimed at invisible issues” (op-ed, April 16): The April 15 Tea Parties, in which I proudly participated, were not led by Hannity, Limbaugh, Beck or any other talk radio/Fox News personalities. These were grass-roots efforts, started locally by people who are fed up with the federal government overstepping its constitutional powers, spending our tax dollars and mortgaging our children’s/grandchildren’s futures bailing out private industries that should be allowed to fail like any other business that does not provide goods or services that people want or need. Fox News simply chose to cover them, while the other networks either ignored or ridiculed them.

I am not opposed to taxes; the government needs money to perform its essential functions. However, propping up failing industries is not an essential function of government. I challenge anyone to cite the article and section of the U.S. Constitution that empowers the federal government to do this. And don’t try the old “general welfare” statement in Article I Section 8, either. As James Madison, primary author and widely regarded “father” of the Constitution stated: “If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one, possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one, subject to particular exceptions.”

As for Kelly Miller’s statement about wasting our money on military operations and hardware, the Constitution does specifically authorize these expenditures in Article I, Section 8. I agree that Bush and Cheney did waste our money and trample on the Constitution. They are not “my heroes.” I left the Republican Party long ago when it became the party of big government after Republicans took control, first of Congress and then the White House. In fact, I resent the Republicans of today who are complaining about big government and preaching fiscal conservatism now that they are on the outside looking in.

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