“These are the same people who believe, in some cases, the federal government should not play any role in providing health care to our people or protecting the environment.” PeopleShouldBelievePlayGovernmentCareRolesCasesEnvironmentHealth CareProvidingFederal Government Author:Bernie Sanders
“The constitutionality and propriety of the Federal Government assuming to enter into a novel and vast field of legislation, namely, that of providing for the care and support of all those ... who by any form of calamity become fit objects of public philanthropy. ... I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for making the Federal Government the great almoner of public charity throughout the United States. To do so would, in my judgment, be contrary to the letter and spirit of the Constitution and subversive of the whole theory upon which the Union of these States is founded.” StatesWholeGovernmentCareFormSpiritUnitedPowerUnited StatesSupportNovelFieldsObjectsTheoryFitAuthorityJudgmentLettersConstitutionAssumingUnionsCharityContraryWelfareProvidingPhilanthropyLegislationFederal GovernmentCalamitySubversivePropriety Author:Franklin Pierce
“Taking legislative authority away from the federal government doesn't necessarily mean freer individuals. It might just mean granting vastly more authority to the states--which already have far broader police powers than most of us would care to admit.” MeanStatesGovernmentMightCareIndividualAuthorityPoliceFederal GovernmentPolice Power Author:Dahlia Lithwick
“People don't trust the federal government as it relates to health care.” PeopleGovernmentCareHealth CareRelateFederal GovernmentDon't Trust Author:Mike Conaway