It is a textual guardrail ensuring that taxation and spending serve the general (national and collective) welfare through the specific, enumerated means the states delegated. Any other reading transforms the Constitution from a charter of limited, enumerated powers into the very consolidated government the ratifiers explicitly rejected.

Idaho Freedom Caucus member are proud of these efforts and happy to report that the 2026 budget and the 2027 budget have both decreased! It’s simple: if Idahoans must live within their means, so do state agencies.

This year, I ran nearly 40 bills and legislative measures, and I am proud to report that 29 of those passed all the way into law. That is a strong record of conservative leadership and real results for District 10 and the people of Idaho.

Questions like, ‘How can you claim to be a Christian and still support reductions in health care spending, Medicaid, Medicare, or services for the disabled?’ can weigh heavily on legislators. These arguments often come from people who believe government has a moral duty to provide broad material support, and they are framed in deeply moral and even religious terms.

Had the authorized amount of gold bullion been purchased back in 2024 at the time of the veto, the state would have made $375 million. Had the investment been in silver, the gain would have been $933 million.

In response to these dangers, Senator Tammy Nichols, alongside Representatives Heather Scott and Elaine Price, introduced legislation to protect Idahoans from these control mechanisms.

The present monetary arrangements of the United States are unconstitutional --even anti-constitutional—from top to bottom.

Had our Idaho Treasurer been permitted to split the investment between gold and silver, Idaho could have more than doubled its investment, generating well over half a billion dollars in gains.

Programmable money is designed to control and limit your financial behavior in ways traditional money never could.