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Virginia GOP Nominee Says Federal Disaster Relief Is Unconstitutional
Bishop E.W. Jackson, the Republican nominee to be the next Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, does not believe that victims of the Oklahoma tornado should receive any federal aid to help them rebuild their lives. In video from a previous campaign first posted by Right Wing Watch, Jackson claims that federal relief to disaster victims is unconstitutional:
JACKSON: I dont think that the federal government has much of a role at all constitutionally, at all (in disaster relief). Now, you may make an argument that it does. You might argue that its a national security issue you might argue that it weakens us in the event of some sort of national military emergency. So you can make an attenuated argument. But I think that as a constitutional matter the federal government doesnt have a whole lot to do with that. In my view, these are things that are ultimately supposed to be handled by the states. And, so, weve got a big Tenth Amendment problem in our country. . . . Weve turned the federal government into a kind of god.
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Disaster relief is not an attempt to steal power from God. To the contrary, it is the just response of a nation sensitive to the lesson of 1 John 3:17, which reads that if anyone has the worlds goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does Gods love abide in him?
It is also entirely consistent with the Constitution. The Constitution gives the United States broad authority to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States. Ensuring that all Americans can rebuild their lives in the wake of a major national disaster is a classic example of using federal revenues to provide for the general welfare.
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Full article here: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/05/22/2046551/virginia-gop-nominee-says-federal-disaster-relief-is-unconstitutional/
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)He'll be fun to watch.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)He needs to chased out of this state. He doesn't deserve to be in office.
Addison
(299 posts). . . in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, 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."
Guess he missed that part about promoting the general welfare.
But in fairness, it's probably been a long time since he read the Constitution.
The Magistrate
(95,252 posts)He will hand us Virginia on a platter....
Arkana
(24,347 posts)Seriously, this dude is so comically awful I'm starting to think he's Andy Milonakis in disguise.
DFW
(54,436 posts)("Pssst! Pay him no mind. he's not a REAL Republican."
Oh, but he is. 100% guaranteed Gen-yoo-ine Republican. Vote for 'em while they're hot (and you're not).
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)ellie
(6,929 posts)gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)Lugnut
(9,791 posts)Nice pick, VA GOPers!