Our Founding Fathers

On this Fourth of July I would like to discuss our founding fathers and what they envisioned for this country. The American system was a totally unique experience in the history of this planet. It was the first of country that gave the people the power and not the government. It respected and enhanced individual rights to a level never seen before.

Although I believe the founding fathers would be astonished to see how far we have come, I also think that they would be ashamed as to the way the average American let slip away what they worked so hard for. They also would be outraged how a mind set of self reliance has been replaced with an entitlement mentality.

Unlike today’s leaders are founding fathers respected individual rights. They would not steal from the American public in order to give hand outs to big businesses and a dependent poor. They would not strip private land from an individual in order to increase their tax base. There were no "two Americas' to them, only a country of individuals trying to make the most out of life.

Our founding fathers did not give us "the right to happiness" they wrote "The right to pursue happiness" Funny how one word changes so much. This is because they knew the average American did not want to be taken care from Cradle to Grave, but rather wanted the opportunity to be free. Social Security, Medicare, Socialized medicine were against what they stood for because they violated individual rights and responsibility.

The sheer size of the government would probably anger them. I do not think they risked their lives and property to create a government of our size. The fact that the people not only allowed this kind of growth, but also asked for it in many cases, would anger them further.

Additional are the founders of this country knew the risks to freedom and were willing to act to protect against those risks. During the revolution they did not waiver when the fight got tough. Although they took heavy losses they kept fighting until the job was done.

Lastly, the founders would not trade security for freedom. Increasing the size and power of the federal government to make us more secure was not in their nature. They knew that a big government was the greatest enemy to a free country.