There are lots of things that our federal government has to do, should do, and that we want it to do. They are listed in the Constitution of the United States.
But then the Constitution says that what isn’t specifically delegated to the federal government should be left to the states or the people.
We have run into serious economic trouble because the federal government doesn’t stay within its constitutional limits. It tries to do too much and spends too much, unconstitutionally and unwisely — and runs a trillion-dollar-plus deficit each year despite too-high taxes.
What do you think would happen if the federal government limited itself to its constitutional functions — and left the rest to the states or the people, as the Constitution provides?
In recent years, the word “earmarks” has come into familiar use. It has become the custom for members of Congress not to do just pertinent and constitutional things, but to add onto essential bills many “earmarks” to provide money for other things. Some may be desirable for some, but many are unconstitutional or uneconomical, or both.