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In the discussion thread: I am sick and tired of hearing the "leave it up to the states" argument [View all]

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Sat Jan 14, 2012, 12:22 PM

Edweird (8,570 posts)

7. You mean like the "health care reform"?

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47 replies	Author	Time	Post
I am sick and tired of hearing the "leave it up to the states" argument [View all]	Dragonbreathp9d	Jan 2012	OP
libertarianism is a fine philosophical exercise.	mopinko	Jan 2012	#1
I find it amusing	Lawlbringer	Jan 2012	#2
The Civil Rights movement needs to free all debt slaves from the hard bondage of central banksterism	phasma ex machina	Jan 2012	#3
Me too. Here's one that really chaps my hide...	Bluenorthwest	Jan 2012	#4
States Rights are biting Citizens United in the ass	Zalatix	Jan 2012	#5
I could have sworn my civics texts talked about the UNITED states of america. shouldn't that mean,	niyad	Jan 2012	#6
You mean like the "health care reform"?	Edweird	Jan 2012	#7
It would seem to me all these strict "Constitutionalists" really, really hate	justiceischeap	Jan 2012	#8
We need a new constitutional amendment further strengthening our Bill of rights	think	Jan 2012	#9
We tried a Confederacy. It failed.	dawg	Jan 2012	#10
Why do you hate democracy?	oldhippie	Jan 2012	#11
Guess I should have phrased better	Dragonbreathp9d	Jan 2012	#21
Well, I guess you just made my point .......	oldhippie	Jan 2012	#24
Equal opportunity and access to Education is a fundamental human right	Dragonbreathp9d	Jan 2012	#28
OK, thanks. I understand your position completely	oldhippie	Jan 2012	#31
Or kind of like Abraham Lincoln or LBJ	Dragonbreathp9d	Jan 2012	#32
Democracy undoubtedly is this best system	Dragonbreathp9d	Jan 2012	#33
ok,ponder this	DonCoquixote	Jan 2012	#35
That situation is already covered under the Constitution	oldhippie	Jan 2012	#36
My dispute is that education and marriage ARE covered (albeit not expressly) under the constitution	Dragonbreathp9d	Jan 2012	#38
I guess it must be in that invisible "prenumbra" thingee?	oldhippie	Jan 2012	#39
Or you know the 9th	Dragonbreathp9d	Jan 2012	#40
Yep!	oldhippie	Jan 2012	#44
I Didn't care much about this season	Dragonbreathp9d	Jan 2012	#45
disagreement	DonCoquixote	Jan 2012	#41
We should only "leave it up to the states" when the federal govenment won't do what we want.	hughee99	Jan 2012	#12
Situational Democracy. What an interesting idea... n/t	cherokeeprogressive	Jan 2012	#13
I believe in the personal freedom to choose for one's self	socialindependocrat	Jan 2012	#14
Here, this graphic will make you happy...	JackRiddler	Jan 2012	#15
It is hard to find anything to like about the Republicans running so I do concur it's nice to have	think	Jan 2012	#18
Imagine the difference.	JackRiddler	Jan 2012	#20
He is not the worst in the field and I like your scenario	Dragonbreathp9d	Jan 2012	#22
Until progressives speak up and give the youth alternatives they will unfortunately find RP	think	Jan 2012	#25
A minority, right?	JackRiddler	Jan 2012	#30
In the past states rights were used to justify slavery, and today it is used as a variation of the	still_one	Jan 2012	#16
So Delaware should be forced to have the same gun laws as Montana?	Nye Bevan	Jan 2012	#17
well put	think	Jan 2012	#19
My state is full of assholes!	superpatriotman	Jan 2012	#23
"Why the Articles of Confederation Failed" - a good primer	bhikkhu	Jan 2012	#26
What about Medical Marihuana?	former9thward	Jan 2012	#27
Refer to my above post	Dragonbreathp9d	Jan 2012	#34
Not how govewrnment works or will ever work.	former9thward	Jan 2012	#42
THAT question was settled in 1865.	bvar22	Jan 2012	#29
Happily recommend this thread.	William769	Jan 2012	#37
Right wingers want some state they can capture and live in happily ever after	treestar	Jan 2012	#43
Agreed.	ellisonz	Jan 2012	#46
I just remind them that was the justification slave owners used.	Odin2005	Jan 2012	#47

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