JED
2009-06-19 07:43:51
“Of the people, by the people, and for the people” does not translate well into “of the government, by the government, and for the government”. This is especially unconstitutional when the government is elite, isolated, mono-idelogical, imbalanced in checks and balances, unrestrained in the ability to tax, overly regulated, and whose primary interest is in re-election over the best interests of the nation. The original revolution was waged to overcome the arrogance of aristocracy and to promote the rights/priviledges/responsibilities of self governance by the people. Freedom!
