tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post4728091078155595108..comments2024-03-28T18:57:15.124-06:00Comments on Wash Park Prophet: McCain Against Minimum WageAndrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-36245827080821898062008-09-17T12:46:00.000-06:002008-09-17T12:46:00.000-06:00I certainly don't think we have a perfect federali...I certainly don't think we have a perfect federalism, although I'm not convinced that the courts are good arbiters of federalism and I don't agree that either welfare or the minimum wage are issues to which state and local governments are well suited.<BR/><BR/>I would favor largely removing the federal courts from civil litigation between private parties, and removing many duplicative federal crimes like bank robbery, from the federal criminal code.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, there are some matters, like interstate sales tax collection, where I think there is room for a larger federal role.Andrew Oh-Willekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-64195710847721579212008-09-17T11:55:00.000-06:002008-09-17T11:55:00.000-06:00Yes, the Commerce Clause and the General Welfare C...Yes, the Commerce Clause and the General Welfare Clause have been interpreted by the courts to eviscerate the Tenth Amendment. It's the reason, for example, DEA agents claim the authority to storm medical marijuana co-operative farms where the produce is used in the same state.<BR/><BR/>If we want to avoid a police state, we need to shrink the federal government and return some of the functions it has assumed, such as welfare and minimum wage, to the states where they Constitutionally belong.Michael Malakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10007582156392845677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-59961160778781182062008-09-17T11:36:00.000-06:002008-09-17T11:36:00.000-06:00The spending power extends to the power to spend f...The spending power extends to the power to spend for the general welfare. The federal government doesn't have regulatory power for the general welfare, but the power to tax and spend does extent to the general welfare.Andrew Oh-Willekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-58269573051383266192008-09-17T10:50:00.000-06:002008-09-17T10:50:00.000-06:00How is the federal government being involved in so...How is the federal government being involved in social welfare Constitutional?Michael Malakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10007582156392845677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-39040434457123406362008-09-17T10:31:00.000-06:002008-09-17T10:31:00.000-06:00Regulation of interstate commerce.The federal gove...Regulation of interstate commerce.<BR/><BR/>The federal government provides many means based programs and shouldn't have to subsidize companies that participate in interstate commerce that require social welfare payments for its employees.Andrew Oh-Willekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-15247375086270433842008-09-17T00:20:00.000-06:002008-09-17T00:20:00.000-06:00Where is the federal minimum wage authorized in th...Where is the federal minimum wage authorized in the Constitution?<BR/><BR/>The Constitution aside, is there even a valid argument as to why a federal minimum wage is better than state-level minimum wages?Michael Malakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10007582156392845677noreply@blogger.com