More and more I am marveled at the genious of the founders of this nation and their forethought. There is much going on in this nation that they would take exception to. The thought that government is responsible for the properity and happiness of the people is only one such thing.
The founders didnt trust the masses, which was why only land owners were originally given a vote. It was thought that they would have enough of a stake to do their best to make an informed judgement. Now I can see the wisdom in that. When people today base their votes on 30 second sound bites they here in between reality shows it proves their insight. When people base their vote on the candidate who is more attractive or offers the best freebie or based upon skin color. Now I understand the wisdom of the founders and why we have a Representative Republic and not a democracy. They had it right and from Amendment 11 on (with a few exceptions) we have screwed the document up to such a state that the founders would probably have made it more difficult to amend next time.
