Constitutional Libertarianism

Constitutional Libertarianism

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Dividing States Rights from Federal Obligation

The Obama administration still complains that the Arizona law on immigration and other localities passing similar laws are violating or obstructing the federal governments ability to do their job of managing immigration.

What happens when the federal government gives itself the responsibility to do a job, taking said job out of the states hands, but then fails to do that job in a satisfactory or successful manner?

It's not just the Obama administration, the federal government has been laying down on the job for years, through several administrations and parties supposedly being 'in charge'. They have failed miserably. Yet they still insist that states not take on the task themselves.

It's interesting how the federal government can have drug enforcement concerns, automobile highway safety concerns, public health concerns and force those issues onto the states as un-funded and state enforced mandates.

On the issue of immigration however, even though they haven't been getting it done, they want to insist on taking on all of this issue. "Sorry states, get out of our way so we can be tied up in partisan hacking please."

Democrat Obama stands on his soapbox and points his finger at republicans calling them out for playing partisan games, yet playing those same partisan games himself like a pro, not taking any responsibility for himself or democrats partisan obstruction and diversion.

Truth be told, neither party has any business pointing at anyone other than themselves. Both parties are equally as guilty in regards to hijacking the government and catering to party interests rather than the interests of all Americans, regardless of political party identification.

I hold Obama, the Democrat and Republican parties in contempt of the American people and the United States of America. (somehow, the 'United States" part of that they still aren't getting).

Obama and the rest of the obstructive and obtuse politicians, step out of the way of the states who actually intend on doing something about the issue and how it affects those states instead of blathering and standing in the way.

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