Will Ferrell presents an extremely thoughtful article at Mises Wire regarding the decision to adopt the Constitution during 1987. He argues that, while it might have fixed certain problems, it created others– including wars of choice. Read the article to learn more.
He describes the problems with debt and taxation that existed even back then; and further explains how helpful the tariff was because it helped repay the Revolutionary War debt. And he points out the problem of the Constitution not being followed or adhered to– including the introduction of paper (fiat) money.
I guarantee that Mr. Ferrell reveals in the article various dynamics back then of which most of us were unaware.
Addendum: I believe for the most part in the tenets of the Austrian School of Economics developed by Mises. I was glad to see Mr. Ferrell’s article at the Mises Institute website.
Thanks for this, Triad. The Federalists manipulation of language shows linguistic programming (a la “Affirmative Action” to describe racial discrimination) is nothing new. It helped that they had virtually all the newspapers on their side.
J. Sobran, that was a great job with the article. It is interesting that Thomas Jefferson was perhaps the greatest figure who espoused the anti-Federalist viewpoint. And in the span of his own lifetime, the author of the Declaration began to see the project he helped initiate become undone. He tried to resist it in some ways, but we have seen the ultimate outcome.
Thanks, Triad. Jefferson saw clearly the importance of the relative autonomy of the states to individual freedom. His 1798 Kentucky (and Virginia) Resolutions spelled it out.
That we retain a tiny bit of state autonomy proved a great blessing during the Faucian Dystopia [aka Covid], thanks to the governors of Florida and S. Dakota.
And Covid was perhaps our greatest illustration of the fact that our Constitution is regarded as null and void by the political class when it is convenient for them. I still have not seen much of a fight back against that.
Amen, Triad! All that bovine scatology about “rule of law” went out the window just by saying “it’s an emergency.” A Constitution isn’t supposed to be something you use just when it is convenient.
As you know, J. Sobran, there are all sorts of reasons they ignore the Constitution. “It’s an emergency” is just one of them. They don’t want to go through the Amendment process because it’s too hard, so they confabulate rationale.