Difference between revisions of "Notes:GDN:Liberty 101"

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|HasSummary=The spectrum of protections that we want, and actions required to provide them is huge. So, securing our liberty is a huge task that requires huge resources and has a huge amount of power.

|HasSummary=The spectrum of protections that we want, and actions required to provide them is huge. So, securing our liberty is a huge task that requires huge resources and has a huge amount of power.

|HasArticleText=The Constitutional mandate that the government secure our blessings of liberty requires it to take the liberty of some citizens in order to secure the liberty of others. For example; the cop who frees you from a kidnapper puts the kidnapper in jail. This is a narrow example of a broad mandate. The spectrum of protections that we want, and actions required to provide them is huge. So, securing our liberty is a huge task that requires huge resources and has a huge amount of power. Power corrupts, and the more power the more corruption. And, as our country grows and the spectrum of activities grows, the government becomes more powerful, its power is more difficult to manage and the people become less powerful and their liberties suffer. Here’s a very insightful example:  

|HasArticleText=The Constitutional mandate that the government secure our blessings of liberty requires it to take the liberty of some citizens in order to secure the liberty of others. For example; the cop who frees you from a kidnapper puts the kidnapper in jail. This is a narrow example of a broad mandate. The spectrum of protections that we want, and actions required to provide them is huge. So, securing our liberty is a huge task that requires huge resources and has a huge amount of power. Power corrupts, and the more power the more corruption. And, as our country grows and the spectrum of activities grows, the government becomes more powerful, its power is more difficult to manage and the people become less powerful and their liberties suffer. Here’s a very insightful example:  

Even though the growth of the federal government in recent decades seems to have made the 10th Amendment (“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people”) a dead letter, in reality it isn’t. When government programs violate the Constitution, reformers can turn to the actual written words for guidance and return important powers to the states and to the people – if we can build the political momentum.”

Even though the growth of the federal government in recent decades seems to have made the 10th Amendment (“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people”) a dead letter, in reality it isn’t. When government programs violate the Constitution, reformers can turn to the actual written words for guidance and return important powers to the states and to the people – if we can build the political momentum.”

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