Name: Anonymous 2012-02-25 12:51
I just have to ask: have you actually read the United States Constitution? If so, by what elaborate means do you conclude that the Constitution "mandates no federal regulation of the market?"
Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have power . . . To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;"
The Constitution explicitly reserves exclusively to the federal government the power to regulate interstate commerce, which is a clear statement that 1) the Founding Fathers supported regulation of commerce and 2) they wanted the federal government to do it.
There you have it: the Libertarian Party's economic agenda is contrary to the wishes of the Founding Fathers. Q.E.D.
Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have power . . . To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;"
The Constitution explicitly reserves exclusively to the federal government the power to regulate interstate commerce, which is a clear statement that 1) the Founding Fathers supported regulation of commerce and 2) they wanted the federal government to do it.
There you have it: the Libertarian Party's economic agenda is contrary to the wishes of the Founding Fathers. Q.E.D.