Thread: President of the US of A

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Talking about big govt sounds cool and the words go down easy and it makes a great soundbite but forget the rhetoric and ask yourself how the Fed Govt got so big in the first place. Sure there are regulations and policies that need to be trashed but all in all if you do some research you'll find it's because of what states had in their purview and should have done and never did do that the fed Govt got bigger and bigger to get the job done for them.

Just think about Federal law Enforcement and I mean every agency. Before 1900 they didn't exist. States couldn't deal with organized crime so they had to create the FBI and since the rightees gave us prohibition ATF came about cause the states didn't control it. The IRS had to appoint agents cause the fat cats wouldn't pay their fair share. Just some examples.

Talk to folks in Flint or the folks in Charleston WVA or the ones in N Carolina or the ones who lived in the Buffalo area of N.Y. Where were the states, they should have acted and did nothing mostly because of political influence and corruption so the Fed had to come in enter the EPA back in Nixon's administration. Remember that river in Pittsburgh, I think, that used to catch fire every now and then? I grew up in NYC and the rivers were just open Cess Pools. Now they actually have fish in them.

How many Governors of Illinois went to prison?

You could go on and on and simply see why the Fed Govt got so big. You want to undo all that and go back to the old days?

You want states rights well fine and dandy but how do you ensure the states do their jobs and not be bought and sold by industrial interests? The track record is dismal

I suppose the Federal gov gradually got so big because someone(s) thought it (Program, agency, etc.) was a good idea at the time, and possibly solved an immediate problem. But as often happens, people tend to be short sighted, especially during a crisis, and forget to consider long term consequences of their quick fixes.