Jesse Jackson Jr: Tenth Amendment = Slavery

It is said that some apples never fall far from the tree. This one never made it off the branch. Via moonbattery:

Amazingly, the race-baiting rhetoric projectile vomited by the Congressional Black Caucus continues to escalate, despite already having jumped the shark. Listen to Jesse Jackass Junior (D-IL) let loose on Rick Perry for supporting the Tenth Amendment:

“[I]t was the Tenth Amendment and states’ rights that protected the institution of slavery. The words ‘slave’ or ‘slavery’ did not appear in the Constitution. The institution of slavery, the Tenth Amendment and states’ rights are joined at the hip.”

The implication is that anyone who wants to reign in federal overreach before our soft tyranny crosses the line into a hard one secretly wants to reinstitute slavery. Therefore the Tenth Amendment should be ignored if not officially repealed.

Ironically, Jackson' policy preferences keep the black community enslavedtothe government: Black unemployment: Highest in 27 years.

It's actually not the first time Jackson made the above assertion. From back in July: Jessie Jackson Jr: All States Rights Are Slavery Or Something

The US Constitution was predicated on states rights and a limited federal government. For instance:

"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government, are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce; with which last the power of taxation will, for the most part, be connected. The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State." - Federalist #45

Apparently James Madison was a racist slave master. That was the intent of the US Constitution, and it lasted for the better part of 2 centuries. Until about the 1930s when the federal government went about unconstitutionally exceeding its boundaries. Which brings us to today. What, pray tell, does the federal government do? That question was actually asked, and answered. Actually, most of what the government does today is cut checks to other people: Pic of the day: Federal government spends most of its money (65%) cutting checks to beneficiaries

In the world of reality, we call this redistribution. It's a money transfer punishing those that actually produce and rewarding those that do not. That is the slavery - indenturing producers to provide for non-producers, not states rights.