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"...The Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on..." - Ayn Rand

Posted by GaltsGulch 9 years, 3 months ago to Pics

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"...The Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals - that it does not prescribe the conduct of private individuals, only the conduct of the government - that it is not a charter for government power, but a charter of the citizens' protection against the government." - Ayn Rand

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Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 3 months ago

Sorry to quibble, but the use of the term 'citizens' implies subserviance to government sovereignty.
The people should never give consent to be mere 'citizens' when they are sovereign.

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  Posted by MichaelAarethun 9 years, 3 months ago
  
  Especially when they think of rights not responsibilities and have not the ability to conduct themselves as citizens. The rule was citizens first government second.... WAS is the operative word. Citizens en masse have rejected responsibility therefore are not worthy of the title and yes they are now subservient - by choice.
  
  One consequence coming up is zero COLA when the COLA has gone up but.....ha ha things like devaluation of buying power, food and fuel aren't counted.
  
  The next consequence is minus COLA
  
  TANSTAAFL Someone has to pay. Someone does not include Congress. Guess whose next in line?
  
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Posted by CircuitGuy 9 years, 3 months ago

I read the Constitution as proscribing gov't action as much as prescribing it.

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