The Dream Has Become a Nightmare

[Keith Broaders]

The Founding Fathers wanted to create a limited government that would protect the God given rights of the  people. They knew that governments ruled by an oligarchy of the financcial elite  and governments ruled by of ignorant and uniformed voters could not prorect the God given rights of the people.

They undestood that just governments would need to be governed by the rule of law rather than the opinions of the majority.

The men who wrote the Constitution feared that creating  a democracy would lead to tyranny. 

There were a few among our founding fathers who wanted to create a much stronger National government. They realized that in order to achieve their objectives they would need to misinterpret the Constitution.

The Constitution was document  based on Eight Key Principles

1. Limited Government
2. Republicanism
3. Federalism
4. Indicudual Rights
5. Bicameral Legislatures
6. Checks and Balances
7. Separation of Powers
8. Popular Sovereignty

All of the Founding Principles have been compromised  and over time our republic has become democracy.