"The first attempt to secure individual liberty by constitutions has evidently failed." F. A. Hayek
— TakingHayekSeriously (@FriedrichHayek) August 16, 2013
"Governments everywhere have obtained powers which the creators of Constitutional government had meant to deny them." -- F. A. Hayek
— TakingHayekSeriously (@FriedrichHayek) August 16, 2013
"The aim of the Framers was to provide safeguards of individual freedom - their devise has not achieved what it was meant to achieve." Hayek
— TakingHayekSeriously (@FriedrichHayek) August 16, 2013
The purpose of the constitution was to guarantee repayment of the war debt in gold. Shay's Rebellion was "threat" used to justify the consolidation of power. The first ten changes (bill-0-rights) were added to convince people to vote for it. Spooner said it best. It either calls for the current gov or it failed to prevent it. Either way, it is not worthy of praise.
ReplyDeleteThe Constitution is a faux contract. None of the people who signed or ratified it are alive today, yet we are bound by it?! Utter nonsense.
ReplyDeleteNo, the purpose of the Constitution was not to guarantee the repayment of the war debt in gold. Read The Federalist Papers sometime.
ReplyDeleteDid it intend to create what we have now? (I think so) If not, did it prevent it? (I think not) Did it pay off the war debt in gold? (I think so)
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