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The Federalist Papers, Government, and the Economy
From the Federalist Papers: It might be demonstrated that the most productive system of finance will always be the least burdensome. – Hamilton, Number 35
On Sales Tax
The Federalist Papers even touch on the economics of sales taxes: It is a signal advantage of taxes on articles of consumption that they contain in their own nature a security against excess. They prescribe their own limit, which cannot … Continue reading
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Beware the United Nations (and Greeks Bearing Gifts)
The Founders’ were suspicious of treaties between nations. I doubt they could have foreseen the UN, but they certainly had experience with empires: There is, perhaps, nothing more likely to disturb the tranquillity of nations than their being bound to … Continue reading
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Instability and the Economy
One economic theory states that as long as business owners can’t reasonably predict how the laws and taxes will affect them in future, economic growth will be curtailed. Economists are still debating this today, but our Founders seemed to believe it … Continue reading
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What the Constitution Means
From the Federalist Papers on the powers of the Constitution… There is no position which depends on clearer principles than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised, is … Continue reading
The Powers of the Federal Government
The Founders believed in local government, but recognized the need for a federal government for certain things. From the Federalist Papers: The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to … Continue reading
The Federalist Papers and the Proper Role of Government
Tea Partiers and Conservatives (and even libertarians) are often accused of being borderline anarchists. But of course, they’re not – they just have more limited ideas of what the government should be messing around with. Here’s what some of our … Continue reading
The Federalist Papers and States Rights
Do these principles, in fine, require that the powers of the general government should be limited, and that, beyond this limit, the States should be left in possession of their sovereignty and independence? We have seen that in the new … Continue reading
Yes, Obama, the Constitution is a Limiting Document
The Constitution was designed to be a limiting document on government… Sorry, Obama: In the first place it is to be remembered that the general government is not to be charged with the whole power of making and administering laws. Its … Continue reading
Why We Shouldn’t Count on the Supreme Court for Salvation
From the Federalist Papers: From a body which had had even a partial agency in passing bad laws we could rarely expect a disposition to temper and moderate them in the application. The same spirit which had operated in making … Continue reading
Balance of Power in Goverment, or No Men Are Angels
Continuing our review of The Federalist Papers: why power must be balanced between the branches… But the great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department consists in giving to those who administer each department … Continue reading
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Why Economic Freedom is Essential to True Freedom
From The Federalist Papers: In the general course of human nature, a power over a man’s subsistence amounts to a power over his will. – Hamilton, Number 79
What’s Wrong with Democracy
In this quote from The Federalist Papers, James Madison explains why pure democracy can be a bad thing: …in all legislative assemblies the greater the number composing them may be, the fewer will be the men who will in fact … Continue reading
Don’t Trust the Government
Liberals put their faith in people – if we just have the right people in government (like Obama), everything will be grand. But the Founders designed our Constitution with the philosophy that power corrupts. From the Federalist Papers: Power controlled … Continue reading
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