Supporters of the monster state want you to believe that the "general Welfare clause" empowers the government to pretty much do whatever it wants. And while that couldn't be further from how things are supposed to be, many leading Anti-Federalists - and others - warned this was just how things would play out in practice in the long run.
The post General Welfare Warnings first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.
Washington, Jefferson, Madison - their warnings on a massive, permanent national debt have been totally ignored. And until they're heeded, things are only going to get much, much worse.
The post The National Debt is a National Curse first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.
I am beyond excited to announce that I can now take pre-orders for my upcoming book, Thomas Paine: A Lifetime of Radicalism, to be released 11/25.
The post Pre-Orders Available for Thomas Paine: A Lifetime of Radicalism first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.
Why would we want a bunch of lunatic progressives teaching the Constitution to their students?
The post I missed “Constitution Day” first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.
A lot of people think it is. They believe the federal government can spend on anything and everything as long as it benefits a lot of people.
The post General Welfare isn’t Supposed to be a Blank Check first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.
When the Constitution was ratified, the word necessary meant, well, necessary. But in just a few short years, that was changed to convenient, or useful, giving the federal government the nearly unlimited power it has today.
The post Necessary is Supposed to Mean Necessary first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.
Happy birthday Samuel Adams, Bostonian firebrand of the patriot resistance against Britain!
The post Today in History: Samuel Adams was Born first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.
Instead, most people act as if the government is the boss.
Most people are wrong.
The post Government is not the Boss of Us first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.
The Constitution is not in force in any meaningful way. But it didn’t get like this overnight - not even close. So when did things go “off the rails” of the constitutional system? You might be surprised to hear how early it happened - and things just keep getting further and further away from it every year.
The post When Things Went Off the Rails, Revisited first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.
Mercy Otis Warren was one of the most formidable intellectuals in eighteenth-century America. Her prolific writing on the most important issues of the time, along with her massive history of the Revolution also earns her the title of America’s first female historian.
The post Conscience, Muse and First Lady of the Revolution: Mercy Otis Warren first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.