Thursday, September 13, 2012

That Door Swings Both Ways

Whichever side you are on, remember when you are arguing for additional powers for the government that those same powers will be available to the other side when they come back into office. Think about the worst abuses they could commit. Is that what you want?

The dangers you can unleash this way may be a hundred times worse than the danger you think these are the answer for. There are good reasons the founding fathers limited the power of the federal government, and instituted checks and balances. The more we do away with those limitations and checks and balances the more we will regret it.

2 comments:

dandelionfleur said...

so true. I wish we could think of the princeple which guides the issue instead of how the individual issue effects us--that skews everything.

roadkills-r-us said...

Dear Dabdy,

That is definitely one of the problems. Well put! Not that this is a surprise.