“Few And Defined”

“Few And Defined”

James Madison wrote, “The powers delegated by the proposed constitution to the federal government are few and defined.”

“Far from the independence sought by the Founders, a plurality – if not an outright majority – of Americans sees government not as a fearful servant and a dangerous master, but as the be-all and end-all for every purpose; a wellspring of Free Shit, the key to obtaining ever-increasing portions of someone else’s stuff.

Stossel rightly points out that our system and the Constitution that defines it is still the best system on Earth, but that’s more a condemnation of the rest of the planet than a glowing recommendation of how the United States is governed today.  How has it come to this?”   Here…

 

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3 thoughts on ““Few And Defined”

  1. Came here from another site–good info. Was going to follow, but, not being a ju-high-age boys, the fantasy-land pin-ups were just plain embarassing. Give it some though – might double your audience.

  2. Oh dear –that’s what ya get when ya try to be a smart-ass — The God of Typos came to teach me a lesson. Well, outside of an extra dash and an extra s and one missing t (and I’ll blame it all on an old keyboard), it was okay.

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