| TheRealMafoo said:As for your post above this one, yes. Anyone who can afford a nuclear arsenal in this country should be allowed to own one. Not sure why you think Bill Gates is less trustworthy then Congress. In reality, we all already own nuclear weapons, as government property belongs to all Americans. |
I know why...they are our representatives who are responsible to us (the citizens) for their actions. Bill Gates does not have to answer to you or me for his actions. Congress, however, does have to answer to you and me.
An individual cannot compel his/her neighbor not to work on Sunday, therefore, the individual cannot delegate that power to the government. Yes, a government cannot do what its citizens are unable to do. This means either: a) I have the authority and power to tax my fellow citizens (I doubt anyone would claim this); b) the people cannot grant the government the power to tax because the citizens do not have this power (the Constitution, however, clearly states in Article I Section 7 that the House (the government) has the power and authority to tax; c) the premiss that the government cannot do what its citizens are unable to do is wrong.
