Our national experiment in establishing liberty has been successful. Freedom has been passed down from generation to generation, for more than 225 years. This is a miracle.
We now take freedom somewhat for granted. The national government of limited powers has been instrumental in protecting our freedom from threats, foreign and domestic, to the point where government is now viewed as a source of freedom, not a source of tyranny.Two points follow.
- First, with our basic freedoms secured, most Americans now want the next logical step: social justice. With liberty as our birthright, people are now able to focus achieving the happiness which we are free to pursue. Equality of opportunity is fine as far as it goes; equality of outcome is even better.
- Second, the government is widely perceived as a common resource to help us achieve this goal. We have forgotten that government was a source of tyranny; we now invoke its assistance in achieving social justice.
The best path to social justice should be the subject of a vigorous debate.
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"...all powers not conferred on government in the constitution are reserved to the people."
Does this mean the people may willingly surrender certain powers by electing proponents of the government taking upon it some of their powers?
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