Legislators aren't known for being rocket scientists.

Liberals believe government should take people's earnings to give to poor people. Conservatives disagree. They think government should confiscate people's earnings and give them to farmers and insolvent banks. The compelling issue to both conservatives and liberals is not whether it is legitimate for government to confiscate one's property to give to another, the debate is over the disposition of the pillage.

If the States do not have the right to secede, then they have no rights at all.

The belief that society benefits from destruction is lunacy.

So what's the difference between republican and democratic forms of government? John Adams captured the essence of the difference when he said, 'You have rights antecedent to all earthly governments; rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws; rights derived from the Great Legislator of the Universe.' Nothing in our Constitution suggests that government is a grantor of rights. Instead, government is a protector of rights.

Preaching doom and gloom has been beneficial to the political class. They use it to gain more power and control.

It's people seeking more for themselves that has produced a better life for all Americans.