The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.Pretty simple. If the Constitution does not specifically empower the federal government to do something, those powers are reserved for the states. Gov. Rick Perry of Texas thinks forcing nationalized health care on his state may be a violation of the 10th amendment, and if necessary, he will fight it:
Gov. Rick Perry, raising the specter of a showdown with the Obama administration, suggested Thursday that he would consider invoking states’ rights protections under the 10th Amendment to resist the president’s healthcare plan, which he said would be "disastrous" for Texas.He won't be alone. There are a number of other governors who have expressed similar reservations and would be willing to join a federal lawsuit challenging the federal government's right to force this change on the states.
Interviewed by conservative talk show host Mark Davis of Dallas’ WBAP/820 AM, Perry said his first hope is that Congress will defeat the plan, which both Perry and Davis described as "Obama Care." But should it pass, Perry predicted that Texas and a "number" of states might resist the federal health mandate.
"I think you’ll hear states and governors standing up and saying 'no’ to this type of encroachment on the states with their healthcare," Perry said. "So my hope is that we never have to have that stand-up. But I’m certainly willing and ready for the fight if this administration continues to try to force their very expansive government philosophy down our collective throats."
Perry, the state’s longest-serving governor, has made defiance of Washington a hallmark of his state administration as well as his emerging re-election campaign against U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in the 2010 Republican primary. Earlier this year, Perry refused $555 million in federal unemployment stimulus money, saying it would subject Texas to long-term costs after the federal dollars ended.
Bring it on.
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Let us earnestly hope that a movement is beginning, one that restores governance to the people and takes it away from federal elitists.
I would think that the issue would be a growth item for Texas. Just as the US became a magnet for immigrants seeking freedom, Texas may become a magnet for Americans seeking freedom!
God Bless Texas!
In the National Health Care" package which congress is dealing with, it would do one well to read page 425 to see what kind of health care Senior Citizens will get----NONE! I don't understand why those in congress won't have to be covered by this plan but will be allowed to keep their existing health coverage for a lifetime at no cost to them, yet, if a common citizen wants to pay extra out of their own pocket for more care it will be dis-allowed. If we are going to have this "National Health Care Insurance" I believe every living person in the USA should have only this health coverage!!!! Special Interest Groups such as politicians
should NOT be exempt!!!!!
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