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To: TigerPaw who wrote (287714)	5/11/2006 2:30:43 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571886

TP, I confirmed the basic belief of the founding fathers. They explained in the preamble to the constitution that the nation is put together for the common good and the common welfare, not just to keep individuals heavily armed. Nowhere in the Constitution does it say that government can spend the citizen's money better than the citizens can. There are more words defining the limits of government power than there are expanding the powers thereof. Nowhere in the Constitution does it say that government is supposed to support the welfare of the state with heavy taxes and a planned economy. It doesn't make sense, either, given that the reason America declared independence was due to the heavy taxation imposed by the English monarchy. It's counterintuitive to think that socialism and big government is the basic belief of the founding fathers. Even when the income tax was enacted over a hundred years later, it was really small compared to what it's become today. Tenchusatsu