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The transcript argues that two amendments in the Bill of Rights are frequently ignored by politicians and, if followed, would require major changes in Washington. It cites the Ninth Amendment: “The rights listed in the Constitution are not the only rights people have. In other words, your rights are unlimited, and their only limit is that point at which exercising them would infringe on the rights of others. The government doesn't grant you rights; it is only allowed to protect the ones you already have.”
It then cites the Tenth Amendment: “Any power not specifically given to the federal government belongs to the states and to the people. Every single power not given to the federal government belongs to you.”
The transcript applies this framework by stating that the Department of Education is “not in the Constitution” and “not the government's job,” that federal welfare programs are “not in the Constitution” and “not the government's job,” and that federal healthcare mandates are “not in the Constitution” and “not the government's job.”
It also references Alexander Hamilton’s opposition to including a bill of rights in the Constitution. The transcript quotes Hamilton asking the “most important question in American history”: “For why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do? If the government was never given the power to do something, why do we need an amendment to say it can't do it? We don't. We just need politicians who actually read the document they swore to uphold.”
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There are two amendments in the bill of rights that most politicians act like they have never read. If they actually followed them, half of Washington would have to be dismantled tomorrow. The ninth amendment says this: "The rights listed in the Constitution are not the only rights people have. In other words, your rights are unlimited, and their only limit is that point at which exercising them would infringe on the rights of others. The government doesn't grant you rights; it is only allowed to protect the ones you already have." And the Tenth Amendment says this: Any power not specifically given to the federal government belongs to the states and to the people. Every single power not given to the federal government belongs to you. Think about that. The Department of Education, not in the Constitution, not the government's job. Federal welfare programs, not in the Constitution, not the government's job. Federal healthcare mandates, not in the Constitution, not the government's job. Alexander Hamilton, when arguing against including a bill of rights in the Constitution, asked what I believe is the most important question in American history, "For why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do? If the government was never given the power to do something, why do we need an amendment to say it can't do it? We don't. We just need politicians who actually read the document they swore to uphold." Follow me, I post content like this every day.