[robertt]

I thought I would give this it's own little section. I hope some people find it interesting. I think it is AMAZING the forethought that our Founders and others had that apply today.

"The greatest threat to economic prosperity is the arbitrary intervention of the government into the economic affarirs of private business and the buying public".

[ronjon619]

yes sirrrrr.....they were some SHARP guys.

[Windwalker]

And, so from here...

"A politician that loses sight of his constituents, also loses his job."

The news media says that there are more elections coming this fall... "Mid-term".issedoff:

[mike3fan]

. "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." - Abraham Lincoln

[bentstrider]

My personal favorite..

"a little rebellion now and then is a good thing. The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." -Thomas Jefferson.

[Mr. Ford95]

Originally Posted by bentstrider

My personal favorite..

"a little rebellion now and then is a good thing. The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." -Thomas Jefferson.

:clap: +1

I love that line but today they would be labeled extremists and terrorists by this govt.

Abe Lincoln has turned over in his grave with what a man from his state is doing to the people. Abe, even to the day he was assassinated would regularly greet regular citizens in the WH and listen to them to see what he could do for them. Not today's President, it's his way or the highway, to he!! with what the people think or need.

[robertt]

Highlights from The Founders' Formula for "Calculated" Compassion:

1. Do not help the needy completely. Merely help them to help themselves.
2. Give the poor the satisfaction of "earned achievement" instead of rewarding them without achievement.
3. Allow the poor to climb the "appreciation ladder"-from tents to cabins, cabins to cottages, cottages to comfortable houses.
4. Where emergency help is provided, do not prolong it to the point where it becomes habitual. (New Orleans anybody?).
5. Strictly enforce the scale of "fixed responsibility." The first and foremost level of responsibility is with the individual himself; the second level is the family; then the church; next the community; finally the county, and, in a disaster or emergency, the state. Under no circumstances is the feferal government to become involved in public welfare. The Founders felt it would corrupt the government and also the poor. No Constitutuional authority exists for the federal government to participate in charity or welfare.

[Jackrabbit379]

If one man in the country could take all the money, what was the use of passing any bills about it? - Davy Crockett

[golfhobo]

Jefferson's interpretation of the first amendment in a letter to the Danbury Baptist Association (January 1, 1802):
"Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between church and State."

[cdswans]

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."

Thos Jefferson

Excellent thread, robertt. Don't you have a brother, libertt?