What Ellis Washington would do as president, part 2

Ours was the first revolution in the history of mankind that truly reversed the course of government, and with three little words: "We the people." "We the people" tell the government what to do, it doesn't tell us.

- Ronald Reagan's Farewell Address, Jan. 11, 1989.

Admittedly, none of this can happen until "we the people" regain control of our government. Ellis has some great ideas that he's been talking about in this series. I particularly loved this quote from Part 2:

Policy No. 3 – As your president, I would put all 50 states on notice that states rights are constitutional again, but also states responsibilities. Therefore, any state that wants to provide services to their residents must pay for them. I would urge each state to prepare for every foreseeable (and unforeseeable) contingencies in their annual budgets, including "acts of God."

This one reminded me of T. L. Farlow's piece, called "Far We Have Strayed From The Truth". In that column, Farlow writes:

"Wouldn’t it be simpler to tell these federally funded idiots that if they want to live in an area prone to hurricanes, they need to know that sometimes hurricanes will come and wipe them out? I mean, it has only been happening for thousands of years already."

Rather than depending on the "Chicken in every pot" from the Federal government, the States should be responsible for those "acts of God"! read more digg story