Would the founding fathers of the U.S.A. be proud or disgusted at the present day U.S.A. ?

Answer 1

The Founding Fathers wanted government to be as unintrusive as possible.

Right now, government controls EVERYTHING, from how many gallons of water per flush for a toilet, to how long my shotgun barrel must be.

Just recently, liberal Supreme Court Justices decided government can force me out of my home, to make room for commercial construction. And you wonder why liberals want to take our guns away?

Our Founding Fathers would not be happy.

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Some people posting below are confusing "privacy" with "liberty". There's a reason the Constitution doesn't mention privacy.

Answer 2

Definitely Disgusted. They tried to make a constitution with checks and balances with the mindset that anyone working for the government would be upholding higher ideals but it has become a very greedy us against them mentality ( Democrats against Republicans and vice versa ) system where a the longer you stay the more power you get. And here you have to raise hundreds of millions to get elected ( Abraham Lincon would never have had a chance ) and where someone with enough money can have you add their pet project to a bill ( like all the useless amendments added to the Katrina bill) . The next earthquake you feel might just be all the founding fathers rolling in their graves.

Answer 3

Completely disgusted. I'd say the way political parties have evolved to centralize power alone would give Jefferson et al fits.

But also think of quotes like this

"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both."

- Benjamin Franklin

"Give me liberty or give me death."

- Patrick Henry

vis-a-vis the current zeitgeist: "I have nothing to hide, so I'm OK with losing some privacy if it protects me from terrorism."

It isn't just the twisted, money driven politics of the United States that would disgust the founding fathers. It's also the pathetic apathy of her citizens.

Answer 4

I think our founding fathers would be proud that the framework they provided for the country has stood the test of time. They would have no problem understanding the workings of today's government. They would probably be fascinated by the advances in healthcare, transportation, agriculture, etc... that has come as a result of the government that they created.

I think most of them would be disgusted with at least some aspects of our society. There are things that happen in our society that disgust all of us, so we can only assume that our founding fathers would be at least as disgusted as us.

Answer 5

Disgusted with the state and level that the country has sunk to.
Govt, public, the whole shooting match.
Not what they originally intended. Constitution has been patched over so many times it looks like a quilt.

Answer 6

Disgusted. The federal government has grown far beyond the strict limits they put on it in the Constitution. It has violated our rights and freedoms for decades, and has intruded into every aspect of our private lives, and has abandoned morality.

Answer 7

They would be disgusted with how "Kookoo" some people are and how those people have twisted the simple logic of the Constitution they created into the near-socialist welfare state that liberals love.

Answer 8

They would be sickened by how the politicians have destroyed what was probably the best form of Government in the history of the world.

Answer 9

Very proud. We are the most powerful and secure nation in the world!

Answer 10

Disgusted with what's going on currently.