Issue Position: The Constitution & Limited Government

Issue Position

We believe the Jeffersonian principle, "That government is best which governs least." Low taxes, minimal regulations and smaller government are not merely a matter of being left alone. It is a necessary protection against creeping socialism and totalitarianism in which government seeks by increment to gain complete control over the lives of the people. We must limit the scope of government in order to maximize our freedom. It is up to each able bodied American to take personal responsibility for our own lives and the well being of our families. The support of family, church, friends and faith in God are the answers to the trials we all face in life. We must cease to cultivate dependence on government, for such dependence only serves to rob us of our autonomy and freedom.

Not only is this right as a matter of principle, it is what our Constitution requires. The 10th Amendment to the Constitution states: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively or to the people."

Furthermore, the 9th Amendment provides: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

It is clear that our Founders contemplated a government of limited powers to assure that freedom remained the heritage of the American people. Political leaders who believe that there are no limitations to which they are bound are a danger to our Republic and must be voted out of office before they rob us of our most cherished inheritance. .

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