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Originally Posted by jacksonbrown
Hey you'll, this discussion doesn't have to be "political", so let's not make this about one party or another. Do not mention the "D" word or "R" word, nor the "B" word or the "T" word.
Because, doing so will get this thread deleted.
This is about our political process, defined by the Constitution of the United States with a preamble
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
Please read this twice (or more). Pay particular attention to the concepts enumerated within the parentheses.
With that in mind, let's discuss voter fraud.
You first.
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One thing that I understand and a lot of people get wrong is that the words "common defense" and "general welfare" refer to the common defense and general welfare of the states, not individuals.
People forget or don't want to believe that the original concept of this country was a loose union of several somewhat independent states similar to the European Union. With a few exceptions, the word state refers to a country, such as the State of Israel. The job of our state department is to deal with foreign countries (states).
The founders disagreed on how much power the federal government should have. It was a very innovative idea for a country and finding a balance has never been easy.
In my opinion, even the founders that were in favor of a stronger central government would be shocked to see what we have today.
I know that this may not be relative to the actual subject of the OP, but I fell that it is necessary to point this out as the poster decided to place parenthesis around certain phrases that he felt are important.