Penelope
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- Jul 15, 2014
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Brown signed two pieces of legislation effectively banning the construction of any new offshore oil and gas pipelines in the state’s waters. The new laws are meant to thwart a Trump plan to open nearly 1.7 billion acres of coastal waters to drilling.`
When it comes to politics, I'm rather stoic. Personally, I've been involved in races close to home like governor and US senator. When it comes to governor, Tony Evers (D) is in a dead heat with Scott Walker (49 vs 44) Leah Vukmir (R) is getting blown away by democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin.
I don't particularly like the democratic party but anything is better than the republicans, at least locally.
You have to pick one or the other, I understand that. The SC can make laws that affect all of us down to the water we might drink and the air we breathe and the killing of workers rights and access to affordable healthcare.
The concept of this country was to have individual states operate themselves without the federal government. The federal government was only to intervene when it came to national issues like the defense of this country and interstate commerce.
Since that time, the federal government has turned into a massive control center of the people. It is partially the judges that allowed this to happen. Now we rely on the federal government to take care of our poor, healthcare, housing, marital issues, race issues, environmental issues, retirement, food, water, you name it and the federal government has it's hands in it.
This is something I hope will stop in the future, and perhaps reverse itself. But that can never happen with Democrats in power be they in the Congress or in the courts.
"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution that grants Congress the right, of expending on articles of benevolence, the money of their constituents."
James Madison, annals of Congress 1794
And yet Trump is telling CA what to do and is traveling all over holding rallies to get his base numbers up and bad mouthing Democrats. Seems Trump wants his cake and wants to eat it too.
What is Trump telling California to do that you disagree with?
Just for starters. Florida got an exemption. Trump hates CA become Clinton won it.