@wmconelly – after we cut through your hyperbole; there may be a way we can move forward with the conversation. First – Nos Nevets makes an excellent point. People in Washington (isolated from the people who actually suffer or benefit from a Washington decision seem to make very poor decisions that affect the rest of us).
The Federal government applies it’s programs across the entire nation even when it doesn’t make sense – School lunches for instance – In an effort to combat Childhood obesity they reduced the max calorie limit for ALL kids (regardless of their activity level). So to protect the inactive little fatties they reduced the lunch calories for Athletes like my kids who run 10 miles a day and for Football players and Basketball players. It looks good to the People in Washington because they are helping a group of kids that probably don’t get good nutrition otherwise but it forces a lot of athletes to pack their own lunch in the morning (Not impossible but a real burden for busy families). It would have been easier and better for many communities to identify the little fatties and send them to a special lunch room until they get their weight and eating habits under control – Instead of putting a burden on the families that are living a healthy lifestyle.
The quality of the decisions coming out of the Federal Department of Education is already suspect so it’s not like the decisions could get much worse if we lowered the quality of that group of doofues.
Rand and Cruz are trying to do what a lot of us want which is to get the Federal Government OUT of the day to day lives of most private citizens – For just the reasons mentioned above. They aren’t trying to take us back to the 18th century – They are trying to make the government work for the rest of us tax payers rather then just focus on the politically connected and the poor and needy.
And it isn’t a dream of a weird Utopia to think that we relegate many of the Federal Government’s usurped powers back to the states where they are made closer to the people affected by the decisions.
Things that make sense for Urban dwellers in Chicago, New York or Washington DC don’t necessarily make sense for those of us in the midwest and vice versa.
But Conservatives and Liberals alike love to have the Federal Government make those decisions so that they can push their ideals and desires onto every US citizen. And states have come to recognize this – Hence Colorado and Washington decriminalizing Marijuana.
@wmconelly – after we cut through your hyperbole; there may be a way we can move forward with the conversation. First – Nos Nevets makes an excellent point. People in Washington (isolated from the people who actually suffer or benefit from a Washington decision seem to make very poor decisions that affect the rest of us).
The Federal government applies it’s programs across the entire nation even when it doesn’t make sense – School lunches for instance – In an effort to combat Childhood obesity they reduced the max calorie limit for ALL kids (regardless of their activity level). So to protect the inactive little fatties they reduced the lunch calories for Athletes like my kids who run 10 miles a day and for Football players and Basketball players. It looks good to the People in Washington because they are helping a group of kids that probably don’t get good nutrition otherwise but it forces a lot of athletes to pack their own lunch in the morning (Not impossible but a real burden for busy families). It would have been easier and better for many communities to identify the little fatties and send them to a special lunch room until they get their weight and eating habits under control – Instead of putting a burden on the families that are living a healthy lifestyle.
The quality of the decisions coming out of the Federal Department of Education is already suspect so it’s not like the decisions could get much worse if we lowered the quality of that group of doofues.
Rand and Cruz are trying to do what a lot of us want which is to get the Federal Government OUT of the day to day lives of most private citizens – For just the reasons mentioned above. They aren’t trying to take us back to the 18th century – They are trying to make the government work for the rest of us tax payers rather then just focus on the politically connected and the poor and needy.
And it isn’t a dream of a weird Utopia to think that we relegate many of the Federal Government’s usurped powers back to the states where they are made closer to the people affected by the decisions.
Things that make sense for Urban dwellers in Chicago, New York or Washington DC don’t necessarily make sense for those of us in the midwest and vice versa.
But Conservatives and Liberals alike love to have the Federal Government make those decisions so that they can push their ideals and desires onto every US citizen. And states have come to recognize this – Hence Colorado and Washington decriminalizing Marijuana.