[Hylander_1314]

I often wonder how the Founding Fathers would be viewed today if they were here. I also wonder how they would view the Constitutional Republic they instituted, as to what it has "evolved" into. Intrusive sprawling government, taxation without representation (the tax they were most infuriated over was 1%, and how much taxation do we accept now), and the suspension of heabius corpus. All in the name of security, and well being.

Let the people be, and they will prosper was Jefferson's attitude. Fiscally conservitive to the point of miserly, (the social programs didn't exist) since government was viewed as a negative influence (the community took care of itself, for a lot less money, for over 100 years). They also sufferred together like the people of Paoli PA, where there is a monument to the people who were slaughtered by the King's troops for being accused of assisting the Continetals. If it is to be a positive influence, it must take from one who has, to give to one who doesn't. The rights of the citizens to be free in their persons and papers without government intrusion, and the land you own is yours, not just in title, but in whole. We now have emminent domain, and accept it. So if the government from the local level up to the feds wants your land, you're S.O.L. They are not required to pay you for what is legally yours.

I wonder how they would view the attitude that the Constitution is a living breathing document open to interpretation? Or that it doesn't apply when the government wants something or to prove a point to keep the people towing the line they want. Either way one looks at it, it's tyranny, not liberty. For you have no recourse. They like to call it "voluntary compliance". Now if that isn't a contradiction in terms, I don't know what is, since each word on it's own negates the other. The definition they use to explain it is, do you at 2:00am stop at a red light? If you do, that's voluntary compliance. Is it? There are traffic laws and statutes that have penalties attached to them if you don't. That's compliance. If you don't comply, to the traffic laws and statutes, you won't be driving for very long. Legally anyways. When you join the armed forces, or the local police dept. or fire dept., without a draft, you do that of your own fee will. To me, there's a difference there unless I've completely missed the point. The boat left, and I wasn't on it. Dang!

Anyways, to get a new platform up and running is going to require the people getting massively involved, or the new platform would have to sell out to the money powerelite, and we would still be in the same situation as we are right now. Folks would need to be more responsible for themselves, instead of depending on government. Which is a tough one since it is rammed down your throat that you can't even wipe your own backside without government involvement.