Message from @Salacious Swanky Cat
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zilch
not in the constitution, answer is no
period
How about leave it to the states to deal with their own infrastructure?
Ok.
Whatever.
It's like people see the Constitution, but we've been conditioned to just ignore the words and defer everything to the federal level.
Either the document matters and should be enforced as written or fuck it
Um. What.
If something isn't specifically delegated to the federal level, it is the states' business
I don’t think aggregating data is the same as infringing on people’s rights or creating a massive welfare bureaucracy
no one ever does
It starts at aggregating data and ends at aggregating data.
no one ever expands the federal authority thinking it will be a bad thing
interstate commerce did not start and end with interstate commerce
But this isn’t inherently an authority thing.
medical privacy did not start and end with medical privacy
The EIA has no regulatory power.
And it collects data.
Egads.
Well, if the data doesn't exist for said federal database, then the next thing you know, they'll be commissioning a national study to create the data to accumulate. All I'm trying to say is that the states should be the ones to decide if commissioning said studies is necessary
^^^
They always find a way to maintain and expand
always
No one in DC works for free. You're talking about adding on more payroll, taxpayer funded payroll, for a role the government doesn't not have
Oy vey.
any private institution can gather information and present it
water reports go out publicly every year
Sort of.
I've got one on my nightstand right now
Just another pet project in a massive budget that adds to our 23 trillion dollar debt
Ah NOW we have a *"strict Constitutionalist."* I trust he has a copy of *"Sovereign Citizen"* in his wallet. 🙄
Oh please. Practically all the government debt is from welfare programs or some military spending. All Government research is barely a drop in the bucket.
the welfare can go too
I consider any non-essential project on the federal level to be welfare to the government
yup
jobs programs
I want a smaller fucking government
You can do that without embracing theoretical methodology.
You can have a smaller government that also aggregates data.