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You don't know the half of it.How much did we pay in Gasoline Taxes? Considering miles driven, it's at least a $25B.
Looks to me like drivers got shorted by 2/3 what is owed for building and maintaining our inadequate highway system.
About 20% of federal fuel taxes, meant to build and maintain roads and bridges, are siphoned off to support urban mass transit schemes.
Weak?
No. They had the Articles of Confederation and could have stayed with that if they wanted a weak government. They met initially to fix the Articles because they knew that the Articles had serious flaws.
Dude makes a good point in this thread though. The Founders were not some homogeneous group think. They had differing opinions on almost any topic that came up during the day, so it isn't really possible to talk about the opinion of that group as a whole. That's part of the reason that the whole "Original Intent" agrument is typically bunk.
But one thing is clear: They knew the Articles, which provided a very weak central government, needed work.
I think the question is designed to address the very often heard assertion from certain circles that the founders never intended our federal government to have this much power, which translates into asserting that they intended the federal government to be weak. Which even goes as far as to get serious arguments, nowadays, from many, that the states have the right to secede.
Somewhat agree, to the point where the original intent was made beyond clear, when spelled out in clear concise English, in the Federalist and Anti-federalist papers....At that point the original intent argument is pretty rock-solid.Weak?
No. They had the Articles of Confederation and could have stayed with that if they wanted a weak government. They met initially to fix the Articles because they knew that the Articles had serious flaws.
Dude makes a good point in this thread though. The Founders were not some homogeneous group think. They had differing opinions on almost any topic that came up during the day, so it isn't really possible to talk about the opinion of that group as a whole. That's part of the reason that the whole "Original Intent" agrument is typically bunk.
But one thing is clear: They knew the Articles, which provided a very weak central government, needed work.
Freedom means the freedom to have Big Macs everyday and die of a heart attack at 52.
Like it or not, that is freedom.
Freedom means the freedom to have Big Macs everyday and die of a heart attack at 52.
Like it or not, that is freedom.
WTF? Where in the health care bill does it state I can no longer eat big macs?
The Founders wanted to regulate all the banks and make people buy Health insurance
The Founders wanted to regulate all the banks and make people buy Health insurance
The Founders didn't just regulate banking, they established a National Bank and fixed the value of gold
The Founders wouldn't have known of health insurance, since it didn't really exist at the time. There was very little health care, and what little did exist was typically not costly.
Compulsory health insurance, however, is not a new idea. The first President to support it was Republican Theodore Roosevelt.
The Founders wanted to regulate all the banks and make people buy Health insurance
The Founders didn't just regulate banking, they established a National Bank and fixed the value of gold
The Founders wouldn't have known of health insurance, since it didn't really exist at the time. There was very little health care, and what little did exist was typically not costly.
Compulsory health insurance, however, is not a new idea. The first President to support it was Republican Theodore Roosevelt.
Federalist Alexander Hamilton established a national bank, and Andy Jackson abolished it. Also, Teddy Roosevelt was the prototype neoconservative.The Founders wanted to regulate all the banks and make people buy Health insurance
The Founders didn't just regulate banking, they established a National Bank and fixed the value of gold
The Founders wouldn't have known of health insurance, since it didn't really exist at the time. There was very little health care, and what little did exist was typically not costly.
Compulsory health insurance, however, is not a new idea. The first President to support it was Republican Theodore Roosevelt.
Why should we care what the Founders wanted? They didn't care what the British monarchy wanted.
If you want to follow the founders' example, stop thinking that what guys wanted a couple centuries ago should dictate what you want now.
Why should we care what the Founders wanted? They didn't care what the British monarchy wanted.
If you want to follow the founders' example, stop thinking that what guys wanted a couple centuries ago should dictate what you want now.
What the Founding Fathers wanted was us to be the most prolific nation in the history of the world, and it worked.
Seems now the left wants us to step down from that success, and get in line with mediocrity as the rest of the world.
If you answered "YES", the please explain why they did not keep the Articles of Confederation, which was a form of government with weak central authority and most of the real power still resting with the states.
If you answered "YES", the please explain why they did not keep the Articles of Confederation, which was a form of government with weak central authority and most of the real power still resting with the states.
