Politics

I thought people might be interested in discussing certain political ideas from time to time.

Here's an interesting quote from James Madison,

"If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare, and are the sole and supreme judges of the general welfare, they may take the care of religion into their own hands; they may appoint teachers in every State, county and parish and pay them out of their public treasury; they may take into their own hands the education of children, establishing in like manner schools throughout the Union; they may assume the provision of the poor; they may undertake the regulation of all roads other than post-roads; in short, every thing, from the highest object of state legislation down to the most minute object of police, would be thrown under the power of Congress. ... Were the power of Congress to be established in the latitude contended for, it would subvert the very foundations, and transmute the very nature of the limited Government established by the people of America. "
-- James Madison 1789

Basically, he is saying, "If we followed that idea, we'd end up just like America in 2005! What folly! Why, if we ever became like that, we would subvert the very foundations, and transmute the very nature of the limited government established by the people of America."

Folks, we're the frog in the boiling water, and we're just starting to realize that certain parts aren't working right.

Brent