Refuse to send your kids to school in the ghetto = jail time.

[RancidSumo]

You must be new around here.

While drugs are dumb and stupid, I am 100% for legalization.

(And no, I have never used illegal drugs or even alcohol in my life and balked even at pain killer narcotics when I had ankle surgery, though I gave in and used them minimally as needed)



What? The Constitution is the guiding law of the land. If a law is not in harmony with the Constitution, out it goes.

Make that two of us who believe in keeping the government out of education while legalizing drugs.

[500grains]

Regarding the recent Senate vote on the health care monstrosity, some community organizer type of person was giving an interview and saying that health care is a RIGHT.

If that is the case, then why would Obomacare make me buy health insurance? If it is a right, shouldn't it be free?

[SteyrAUG]

Most people who use this argument balk when you start talking about legalizing drugs. Your stance?

Seriously, the constitution is a good basis, but was not intended to be the beginning and end of law and role of government.

Ummm, the Constitution isn't a list of what the government can do, it is a list of what it can't. And since it EXPRESSLY doesn't give them the power to take my money for redistribution for the education of other peoples children then they don't ever get such power according to the Constitution.

It also isn't a "basis", it is strictly defined limitations.

Basically you are NOT entitled to my money. And just because you decide to have a dozen kids doesn't make you somehow "more entitled" to my money.

Belief that we are somehow due "free stuff" from the government is how we ended up with Obama Health Care (those retards who voted for it actually thought it would be free).

We should only have to pay for the things we all use like police, fire departments and ambulance service. If you send your kids to private school or don't have kids, you shouldn't have to pay a dime.

And if you absolutely MUST have your socialism, then I want socialized small arms and ammunition. I want the government to distribute 10,000 of 5.56 and an M-16 rifle to each and every qualified (non felon, etc.) male citizen of the United States and I want every other person taxed accordingly so we don't actually have to pay for it.

And if you don't think people should have to pay for such things because they don't happen to be qualified citizens and thus don't enjoy the benefits, well that is exactly how I feel about public schools.

[RancidSumo]

Ummm, the Constitution isn't a list of what the government can do, it is a list of what it can't. And since it EXPRESSLY doesn't give them the power to take my money for redistribution for the education of other peoples children then they don't ever get such power according to the Constitution.

Actually, it is a list of what it can do. It is a very small and comprehensive list of what they are allowed to do and anything that isn't in that list if off limits.