DC Downsizer Michael Mitchell of Alaska compiled this list from Article I of the U.S. Constitution. These are all the powers that the Congress has.
- Borrow money
- Regulate commerce among the states
- Regulate naturalization
- Regulate bankruptcies
- Coin money
- Fix weights and standards
- Punish counterfeiters
- Establish post offices
- Establish post roads
- Record patents
- Protect copyrights
- Create federal courts
- Punish pirates
- Declare war
- Raise an army
- Provide a navy
- Call up the militia
- Organize the militia
- Makes laws for Washington, DC
- Make rules for the Army and Navy
And that's it! Mitchell continues, "According to the 10th Amendment, all else is controlled by the states or the people."
To learn more, go to the DownsizeDC campaign here: http://www.downsizedc.org/etp/campaigns/87In other news, Ron Paul is supporting Adam Kokesh for Congress. Honestly, he sounds a little nuts, but still inspiring. His wish to run for congress in encouraging, as it shows that dispite all his anger and passion, he still believes a peaceful revolution to be possible. Here's a link to his exploratory committee website: http://www.kokeshforcongress.com/
In Liberty,
Christopher D. Osborn
Ski, Akershus, Norge
P.S.:
The Family Plege, point 8:
Our family, the owner of Cheon-Il-Guk, pledges, having entered the Completed Testament Age, to achieve the ideal of God and human beings united in love through absolute faith, absolute love and absolute obedience, and to perfect the realm of liberation and complete freedom in the Kingdom of God on Earth and in Heaven, by centering on true love.