At the RLC we believe in limited Constitutional federal government and in the sovereignty of The State of Florida. The U.S. Constitution was written to govern the federal government; not the people and not the states. The federal government was granted in the U.S. Constitution specific limited powers. According to the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, any authority not specifically given to the federal government under Article I, Section 8 is reserved to the states or to the people. In essence, the federal government was meant to leave people and the states alone.
The thirteen original states were jealous guardians of their own sovereignty. Each state established its own constitution and would compete with one another to be the best state to attract the most citizens who were free to leave or enter any of the others. This spirit of competition would create excellence within this nation and lead to each state, including Florida, to become a highly sought place to reside.
Today the federal government seeks to control every aspect of the citizens of each state. If the steady growth of the federal police power continues, the American Republic cannot survive and the sovereignty of The State of Florida will be lost forever. There now exists an unlimited federal regulatory and legislative power to deal with perceived problems within The State of Florida, including unfunded mandatory regulations, that if continued can force the state and local municipalities into bankruptcy. Additionally, the citizens of Florida are witnessing a national police overseeing federal laws that were originally reserved to the Florida Legislature and state and local police.
There are now over 3,000 federal laws and 10,000 regulations, enforced by hundreds of thousands of federal bureaucrats. Federal agencies conduct the wars on drugs and terror and enforce worker safety, environmental, gun control, banking, land use and fish and wildlife regulations and taxes, among many others. They also administer government insurances including health and disaster programs which gains the government more power. More than 80,000 federal agents carry weapons. Truly, we now have an armed national police state.
If a constitutional republic is desired and individual liberty is cherished, this concentration of power cannot be tolerated. It is a fundamental American principle safeguarding individual rights that law enforcement accountability should be handled by those closest to home. The citizens of Florida have virtually no political recourse against federal infringement of their liberty.
Sharing in the Founders beliefs and following the U.S. Constitution, we oppose any federal regulation over our state’s education systems, agriculture, land use, business and industries within The State of Florida and specifically any federal regulation of the private lives of the sovereign citizens of Floridians. Just as Washington should not dictate legislation and taxation to Tallahassee, Tallahassee must respect the sovereignty of the municipal bodies within the state on issues such as local taxation, land use and education.
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