tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post1163588111593892866..comments2024-03-28T09:56:06.298-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: The sky's not falling. The sky's the limit.Grimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-23945040449703623932019-03-28T21:03:44.766-04:002019-03-28T21:03:44.766-04:00Good luck getting even a significant portion of &q...Good luck getting even a significant portion of "conservative" to buy into that idea anymore...douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241790925053112959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-8910011861675877702019-03-28T16:05:31.372-04:002019-03-28T16:05:31.372-04:00Eric is exactly right. I am reminded of the time ...Eric is exactly right. I am reminded of the time Davy Crockett rose in Congress to object to that very thing. I cannot do the story justice, I recommend reading about it here:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.constitution.org/cons/crockett.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.constitution.org/cons/crockett.htm</a>MikeDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08116809134355184859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-83569419068608888252019-03-28T15:07:20.126-04:002019-03-28T15:07:20.126-04:00The Founders had a dim view of Central Government-...The Founders had a dim view of Central Government-run welfare generally.<br /><br />From the 3rd Congress' first session: <i>Mr Madison wished to relieve the sufferers, but was afraid of establishing a dangerous precedent, which might hereafter be perverted to the countenance of purposes very different from those of charity. He acknowledged, for his own part, that he could not undertake to lay his finger on that article in the Federal Constitution which granted a right of Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.</i>.<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-86660542242876293072019-03-28T14:17:15.783-04:002019-03-28T14:17:15.783-04:00Each state can now decide for itself what type of ...<i>Each state can now decide for itself what type of health care system it wants and how best to provide for those with pre-existing conditions, just as the Founders intended.</i><br /><br />I'll bet the Founders didn't even ponder, let alone intend, state-run health care systems that provide for 'pre-existing conditions' (itself a term of art from an insurance industry that didn't exist at the time).<br /><br />Still, a reasonable overarching point.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.com