From: "Peter J. Capelli" <pete@idaho.ubisg.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 19:22:31 -0800 (PST)
To: snow <snow@smoke.suba.com>
Subject: Re: The Science Generations, II
Message-ID: <199702180322.TAA21459@toad.com>
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< snow writes >
> 	This is where I often get a little confused.
> 
> 	Correct me if I am wrong, but it was my understanding that the
> constitutuion was _not_ a document that explicitly spelled out what writes 
> _I_ had, but rather spelled out fairly precisely what the _government_ was 
> allowed to do.
> 
> 	In otherwords, the Constitution does not restrict _me_ rather it 
> restricts the _feds_ (and the Feds alone).
> 
> 	My rights are WHATEVER ISN'T IN THE CONSTITUTION, and the government
> can only, ONLY do what the constitution says it can.
> 
> 	???

	( non-US residents, tune out ... )

	This is the way it ( the constitution ) was written to work; however, 
the feds have found an interesting way around this.  Here, in two easy steps,
is their secret backdoor through the constitution:

	Step 1:	Take our money in federal taxes.

	Step 2:	Refuse to give it back to us unless we follow their guidelines.

	It's been done time and time again, "for our own good".  Witness the
country-wide drinking age of 21 ( if states don't enact it, they lose their
highway funds ), or the upcoming welfare "return" to the states.

	So, while the Federal government doesn't enact the legislation, they
have a big enough stick to force states and local govt. to bend to their
"suggestion".

	Sorry.

-pete

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