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...imperative for the purity of the electoral system that Congress stop the PACs. As Alexander Hamilton stated about the electoral process in The Federalist Papers: "It was also peculiarly desirable to afford as little opportunity as possible to tumult and disorder. "Currently, there is both tumult and disorder. Some small changes will help rectify that...
...MARK OF sincere federalism is the acceptance of differences, Ronald Reagan has yet to earn the label of federalist. He has driven a wedge between classes and races and regions and nations. When he speaks of "the nation," he clearly refers to but a fraction of America--those who stand to gain lucratively from tax breaks, both personal and business. It is ironic that Reagan chose to quote Lincoln's words to Congress on Tuesday. As Lincoln no doubt realized and as Reagan cannot understand, the "history" so "inescapable" has largely been the path toward removing oppressive, less-fortunate features...
...contention that a person who does not like governmental programs in one state should "vote with his feet" by moving to another. He also criticized the President's argument that using federal funds to aid particularly poor localities was a breach of the Constitution. Any reading of the Federalist Papers, said Snelling, shows that the founding fathers knew that "promoting the general welfare would require the Congress of the U.S. to take actions beyond those required to provide for defense." The President's policies, he charged, were leading toward "an economic Bay of Pigs...
...they had agreed to support the Reagan Administration's economic program on one major condition: that the Federal Government give them general-purpose block grants rather than money ear marked by Congress for specific uses. These block grants were to be the cornerstone of Reagan's "quiet federalist revolution," in which power would gradually be transferred from overblown federal agencies to state and local authorities. Given greater leeway and less red tape in using federal funds, the Governors were confident that the states could absorb cut backs of 10% without trimming services...
...legislatures wanted to summon a new convention, they could rewrite the whole Constitution. Thomas Jefferson thought some such revision was needed once in every generation. "Alterations may at any time be effected ..." added Alexander Hamilton in the 85th and last of the commentaries and cajolings that make up The Federalist. "The will of the requisite number would at once bring the matter to a decisive issue...