The federal government has grown WAY beyond what the founders envisioned. Just how big do you think it should be?
GeorgeAMartini
2012/01/09 07:38:09
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I think we need to shrink it back to what was originally outlined in the Constitution. It will be a very difficult task, but it must be done.
and rumors of wars every few days. I don't think the Founders could have imagined such things even in their worst nightmares, so their imaginations or visions may not be relevant to the 21st Century.
And in any event: the American society is so radically different from what it was in those days, so who knows what the Founding Fathers would have deemed appropriate today?
Which regulations prevent you from living your life the way you want?
My rights that are supposedly protected under the second amendment are HIGHLY regulated, they regulate every firearm that I own and prohibit me from making modifications to the weapons I already have as well as prohibit me from purchasing others without their prior permission.
Freedom of speech? The Federal Communications Commission is expanding it's powers to control every aspect of your communications. They already have the power to shut off your TV, your radio, your telephone and your internet. I have been unable to locate the article of the Constitution that gives them this power.
I don't know about you, but I actually *want* someone to QA the food I eat, the medicines I take, and the health care I get. I don't particularly care to be poisoned or mutilated.
And you still have the right to keep and bear arms, don't you?
As for freedom of speech, there mere fact that you are here on SH, expressing yourself freely, is a pretty good indication that the FCC hasn't infringed on your liberties, is it not?
The "Founders" were not escaping Government, but FORMING A GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THE OPPRESSIONS OF AN UNJUST ACCUMULATION OF WEALTH AND POWER BY A FEW, JUST AS EXISTS TODAY.
Those of you who have been captured by the propaganda of the oppressors are much like the...
The "Founders" were not escaping Government, but FORMING A GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THE OPPRESSIONS OF AN UNJUST ACCUMULATION OF WEALTH AND POWER BY A FEW, JUST AS EXISTS TODAY.
Those of you who have been captured by the propaganda of the oppressors are much like the "Tories" of old, given to either having an interest in the oppressors, else just afraid to think of being rid of them and again free to govern ourselves for the benefit of "WE THE PEOPLE". Read the rest of that opening to the Declaration of Independence and then come back and tell me some story of
how those who signed the document were trying to be "free" to do as they pleased without a Government to protect themselves.