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After all these years, we find the Constitution is flawed
Imagine my surprise when I learned that the Constitution is flawed because it describes what the government may not do to citizens but fails to describe what the government should do FOR citizens. Let's see, government may not interfere with our rights to free speech and press and to protest. It may not interfere with our freedom to practice (or not practice) religion as we see fit. It says that if the government takes our property it must pay us fairly for it. It may not prohibit citizens from owning firearms and using them to protect our property. There's lots of other stuff the Constitution says government cannot do. Let's see what government must do for us. It is required to coin money, deliver the mail and maintain the roads over which the mail is delivered, and it must maintain the military. Only the government is allowed to enter into treaties with other nations. And government is supposed to control immigration -- they've sorta been messing up on that one lately. Beyond that, government SHOULD be expected to stay the hell out of the lives of citizens. It should allow us to succeed or fail on our own merits. There is NOTHING in the constitution about redistributing wealth; taking it from those who have it and giving it to to who don't. Of the two men with a chance to win the election, one, the jug-eared socialist, wants to do just that. He wants to take money, by force of law, from people who have worked for it and give it to people who haven't so he can get their votes. I'm afraid he will win the election and his promise of changes will come all too true. I don't think we'll be able to recognize the country four years from now. 1 comments from 1 users
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sandwichh
on Oct 27, 2008 at 01:55 PM
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