There was a concept being thrown around during Obamas term, mostly on the right, and it was the idea of a state constitutional convention. Which was designed to reign in the power of anything federal (say the executive branch, and a party controlled legislative branch).
Do you really want trump and a republican congress to have as much power as they do now over your life?
I'll leave it at that for now
They had as much power back in 04-06 seemed to have gotten by okay. They set off the great recession and got us involved in Iraq. I doubt Donald will do as sucky a job as Bush.
Yea but we have Syria, Libya, and still Iraq and Afghanistan to deal with. And the derivative debt that drove us into the recession is only being doubled (if you don't believe me watch the big short [the left loves so much], very end of the movie). {this is not my end source, just a illustration source}. A lot more to do with the fed reserve, and realistic markets, than presidency.
Again do you want trump and republican congress to have as much power as they do
Over you?
Doesn't bother me that much. The federal government has very little impact in our daily lives. The only reason it is discussed here is because of the scale of the message board and the well known figures. If this were the Arizona Republic chat room, we'd be discussing Arpaio and McCain.
It still has a huge impact, you probably just don't realize it because it has become engrained in our lives without notice. I mean income tax is rarely discussed as well as social security. Those are two huge issues. Not to mention departments like the EPA, education, FDA...as I'm writing this post I'm realizing you lack a great deal of awareness to make the comment you just made. What I listed doesn't even touch a quarter of what I can name off the top of my head. And that's all without mentioning anything that came under Obamas reign which is a whole other list. So just take a second and think about how much the ACA has effected your life and those around you and take note that that is one single bill.
The ACA didn't affect me. My premiums through my employer went up about 7 bucks a year (as they always did before). My old assistant had her special needs kid on her company insurance. It saved her several thousand dollars per year; probably up into the high 5 figures by now (if not six figures).
So you're not for the income tax or SS? Okay.
If what you're saying is true, you're one of the lucky ones. You also did not mention changes in your deductible, which I'm guessing probably went up a lot. But don't mistake your personal bubble as, ACA didnt really change anything for anyone. Millions of Americans are not so lucky, including me an the 2000 co workers around me. We along with 5 million other Americans got their healthcare plans cancelled. Ours got replaced with one, at the time, was only a 10$ PM increase in premium, but with a deductible of 5,000. In other words, if I actually need treatment for something, I'm paying up to 5 grand a pop out of pocket. That's a huge loss in coverage to the comparable premium we used to pay. And that's not just us seeing that problem, that's all over the US, which deductibles have risen 7 fold faster than inflation. Now since our plans got changed thanks to ACA we already saw a 15% increase in our premiums a couple years ago, and are now looking at another 30% increase. This type of premium increases are also being seen all over the US, and our actual coverage isn't increasing, it's decreasing. Not too mention ACA FORCES all Americans to buy coverage, or face hefty fine. That's quite a precedent set up by the federal government, and a huge effect on the people you fail to see from the fed. Not only was I pushed into a plan I didn't want, with the plan I currently have I cannot get sick or hurt, and I cannot drop the plan either. All this goes without mentioning the tax burden that has been created by completely un-funded subsidies that are all over ACA, we're looking at 1.8 trillion dollars over the next decade...and that's trillion, with a T. So not only are Americans having too foot a higher medical bill with less coverage, they're also going to be footing a higher bill in taxes. Not to forget that people who find abortion morally reprehensible are now having to pay for it. Single men, the elderly, the infertile, are paying for pregnancy coverage. And all of this is from ONE bill out of the federal government.
And no it's not just the income tax, and social security. There's probably around 100 things I have a problem with, and all require as much writing as I did for the ACA (which was a shortened version). If you're not seeing how the fed govt. effects you, then your really not trying to look. That's your prerogative, keep your head in the sand, just don't try to say the fed have a very small effect on us, and have ZERO to back up your actual claim.
But since we're talking about it, SS is nothing more than a Ponzi scheme. It works as long as you have enough investors (in the case tax payers) to pay for the previous round of investors (tax payers). Our elderly are living much longer, and much less Americans are actually working and paying into SS. So young people like me aren't going to see any of that money in 40 years. Why are we not solving this problem? Dumping money into is NOT he answer, yet that's exactly what the fed wants us to keep doing, while they all worry about reelection.
I also have a huge problem with the NSA data mining, CIAs lack of legit oversight, IRS existence and capability to target ideaologies, the federal reserves control of our monetary system, their existence, and their ability to hold the entire American population hostage to anyone that wants to reign them in. I have a problem with presidential power through executive orders, and to ignore or enforce whatever laws they want to. I have a huge problem with the fed govt propping up business they want or like creating monopolie. I have a problem with the fed govt deciding to regulate whatever they want in ways they shouldn't have power over. I have a problem with the fed auctioning off sovereignty to foreign treaties. I have a problem with with the fed govt, being solely in charge of education by bullying states out of money if they don't comply. I have a problem with the govt deciding things like marriage, defining things they deem bad like drugs. I have a problem with the government throwing business in prison for fraud that they are committing ten fold. I have a problem with the fed deciding how much of the money we earn we get to keep, and where they want to spend it.
You're not really living in a free nation anymore when the average American commits 3 felonies and 7 misdemeanors a day without even knowing it. All I mentioned is just a fraction of what the fed has power over, and each has huge implications either directly or in a trickle down effect in your life, whether you realize it or not. Its humans ability to adapt and equalize to the situation around us that makes many of us clueless to the everyday hoops we have to jump through, and the cost of what the fed govt brings about on us.
