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Old 07-31-2005, 16:10   #68
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Originally Posted by Roguish Lawyer
No, generally not.
Well, it has been a downhill slide since 1783, with real acceleration since 1865.

I wish that the States were able to establish and run their own affairs, without the yoke of the massive Federal bureaucracy and millions of Federal statutes.

At least you could move to a better place if your State went too far from your vision.

What did the Founding Fathers like GEORGE WASHINGTON, JAMES MADISON, THOMAS JEFFERSON, JOHN ADAMS, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, JOHN JAY, GEORGE MASON, GOUVERNEUR MORRIS, EDMUND RANDOLPH, ROGER SHERMAN, or JAMES WILSON say about the people's right to overthrow the government, if it became oppressive? Did they believe that the government they established was supposed to operate in perpetuity? Do you think they would approve of today's federal government?

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