Sadly, far too many Americans think that government is the answer and they vote. Bush and Rove have figured that out. We will never be a constitutional republic again.
Oh, I can just see it now. Bush stands in the Oval Office an announces, "We're not doing a damn thing. Screw all of you. Let New Orleans rot. We've got DEFICIT HAWKS to worry about!"
Yeah, that would go over real well.
We've just lost an American city. I repeat:
We've just LOST an American city.
We're Americans. We help the victims, we rebuild the city. That's wat we do. What else CAN we do?
After watching that speech last night...I'm almost ready to throw in the towel...its over
But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty once lost is lost forever. When the People once surrender their share in the Legislature, and their Right of defending the Limitations upon the Government, and of resisting every Encroachment upon them, they can never regain it...
--John Adams to Abigail Adams - July 7, 1775
That's very true, IMO. I think it would be a tough sell trying to restore America to something like our founding fathers envisioned. Nobody seems to want it.
Once we got the income tax, politicians got the power to buy votes, and there are a lot of folks ready to sell. Or at least to help them buy.