That is why the articles of confederation have a weak central government. The Constitution of the United States of America created a stronger central government to collect taxes to pay the interest on the war debt.
In 1871 it was even taken one step further and created a foreign entity called the USA in Washington DC.
As of 1929 there is only emergency rule where the illusion of constitutional boundaries for government and democratic processes are lip-serviced.
Yes, it would have been interesting to see what our path would have been had we stayed under the Articles, or even a modified version of them. No Lousiana Purchase, probably (or a Seward's Folly, either -- or a basically military takeover of Hawaii). We'd be a smaller and more peaceful nation, perhaps like a larger and less corrupt Switzerland.
We HAVE seen wins against tyranny in America (Jackson getting rid of the central bank, for instance) but in general, it's been a long slide downward.
That is why the articles of confederation have a weak central government. The Constitution of the United States of America created a stronger central government to collect taxes to pay the interest on the war debt.
In 1871 it was even taken one step further and created a foreign entity called the USA in Washington DC.
As of 1929 there is only emergency rule where the illusion of constitutional boundaries for government and democratic processes are lip-serviced.
Yes, it would have been interesting to see what our path would have been had we stayed under the Articles, or even a modified version of them. No Lousiana Purchase, probably (or a Seward's Folly, either -- or a basically military takeover of Hawaii). We'd be a smaller and more peaceful nation, perhaps like a larger and less corrupt Switzerland.
We HAVE seen wins against tyranny in America (Jackson getting rid of the central bank, for instance) but in general, it's been a long slide downward.