Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Congratulations to the Obama Administration

I posted yesterday "For my two cents, states need to stick to their positions if they choose a regulatory approach to dealing with the potential of Ebola spreading in the population, until proven vaccines are readily available in the health care marketplace in massive quantity."  The Obama administration has chimed in regarding regulations in public health.  Guess what the Obama administration spokesman said:

"I guess you can take that up with James Madison," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest, referring to the fourth president and key drafter of the Constitution, when asked why there was no binding federal policy. 

You can read a complete article regarding the stance of the Obama administration here.  The interesting thing here for me is that I have accused our executive branch of overstepping the intent of the Founding Fathers in regard to the powers of the presidency for years.  I am a known proponent of local control of government regulation, start the game at the community, move to the state, then and only in a limited manner the federal government.  So, today for my two cents, hats off to an administration for finally recognizing and accepting the limits of central authority vested in the executive branch of the U.S. government.  A minor victory for state rights, and coming from such a liberal administration, who would have guessed?

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