So Where Do We Go From Here?

So, now that the Federal government has decided that they know best when it comes to health care and not the individual consumers, a lot of people from many political spectrums are wondering what to do next.  We’re all sort of at a loss to figure out what the Hell happened.  Just five years ago, President Bush was attempting to privatize Social Security and now we face the total takeover of every critical industry in America.
But, the road taken here is a long history that nobody really wants to rehash (well, just me, but it’s my blog).  The point is, I’m sure a lot of people have no idea what to do right now.  The way I see it, there are several options that we can implement that can get rid of this monstrous takeover of our lives.

1. The first is obvious.  We elect conservative and libertarian Republicans and win an overwhelming majority in both houses of Congress.  This is a pretty good option and it sends a lot of Democrats packing.  Revenge is a dish best served cold, after all.  The main problem is that even in the best of circumstances, where we get 33% of the Senate replaced with conservative Republicans and take a huge majority of the House with conservative Republicans, any bill designed to repeal the bill will be rife with compromise and pork.  On top of that, Obama would probably veto it and there is no way we can get a veto-proof Senate this year.
2. The second thing is actually already occurring.  Have the Federal courts overturn the bill on unconstitutional grounds.  The advantage here is that we can keep hitting the courts with different reasons.  The first that is being employed is the tenth amendment option.  The next one can be that the Senate originated a tax increase bill which the United States Constitution reserves for the House.  There’s also the Fourteenth Amendment where this bill violates our life, liberty, and property more so than it protects it.  The trouble is, this option is a lot like Russian Roulette with five bullets.  Plus it takes a long time to move through this process.
3. The third option is to elect a very strong libertarian President and have him issue an executive order killing any unconstitutional legislation.  This is perfectly constitutional, in my view, since executive orders apply to the Federal bureaucracy.  Unfortunately, this option is very unstable since it doesn’t actually repeal the legislation and will be reactivated once some Statist President is elected again.  Plus the American people don’t want a fiscally conservative President with balls of steel.
4. The final option is probably the least considered but most successful if employed.  This one involves having the States hold a Constitutional convention in order to pass amendments that repeal this awful legislation.  The trouble is, this takes a lot of state legislatures to agree to this and a huge approval of the several States.  Still, it is an option that is constitutional, though never tried.  It would probably be the most difficult to accomplish, but it would be a very permanent one as well.

What would I do?  I would go with all of these options.  We fight hard on all fronts in order to rollback the monster that is the Federal government.
There is a fifth option, though, and this is probably the most likely one.  This one involves nothing being accomplished toward scaling back government and basically amounts to national bankruptcy.  It is probably the most painful option and may mean an entirely new nation that will rise up as a result, but it is the most likely option at this point.  I don’t trust any of the politicians to do what is right, only what benefits them.

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