Oh the media..lol

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

Its worked fine until some people decided that what it said had to mean more than what it said. Thus, the intrusion of government into daily life.

Originally Posted by Tribesman

The arguements about what it said and what it meant occured all through the writing and signing and have continued ever since.
The very people who signed it argued both before and after signing on what it said and what it meant.

Exactly what I was going to say. Anyone who doesn't believe it should read up on the founding of the National Bank, or the assumption of State debts to Britain by the Federal Government. The arguments between Hamilton and Madison should be eye-openers to anyone who thinks this is a new thing.