Aye, there's the rub. Problem is, most Americans don't have a clue what the founders believed. And that goes for most people here on FR. They've never read their writings, or they'd be shocked at how close the founders' beliefs were to those of whom they now label the "extreme right" and "tinfoil people."
This country has become exactly what Washington, Jefferson, and others warned us against - and most Americans are cheering it on.
Except you, of course, right?
I know that even the Founders had huge disagreement over what the scope and power of the Federal government should be.
Bears repeating. Wake up people.