What do you think our founding fathers of the USA would think of this country if they were to come back today?

Question

Also, what changes would they want to make to the country?

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Answer 1

I think they would have mixed feelings. On the one hand, we have made use of the constitution as a living document and used tools that were built into it (ammendments) to progress. While it may not have been possible to address certain grievious topics when the constitution was ratified, we have taken the document and corrected many social imbalances, to include women voting rights, minority rights, etc.

At the same time, I think they would be dissappointed in the federal government's dominance. The delicate compromise that was reached to ratify the the constitution depended on the the state to retain the majority of governing power. I think they would be shocked at the rate we tax our citizens to provide for federal programs. The federal government was supposed to do few things: defense, provisions for trade, national currency, and little else. Now we have our courts creating social policy and the legislative branch is so encumbered with money and special interests that they have lost most of the trust in them.

I think there are a lot of problems at the national level, but even so, we seem to have a system of government that does work the best. We are able to peaceably disagree and pursue our visions of what is right. While some topics are very controversial, such as abortion, imminent domain, privacy vs. national security, we have been able to maintain a stable government that gives ALL people a representative voice. If you look at many other governments in the world, that is no small accomplishment.

One thing that I think the founding fathers would take a personal affront to, however, is the "politically correct" tendencies these days to erase God. I often wonder if many of our judges and law makers have actually read the document. Read the thing. See how many references there our to our creator and acknowledgement of his authority. Whether we all agree with it our not, our country was created by people who recognize the Christian God. What was supposed to be safeguards to allow people to worship as they wish and keep individual viewpoints from making our government a dictatorship has been used by some in government to try to erase God.

I think the founding fathers would probably be most concerned with giving back the majority of power to the states. If a state wants a monument of the ten commandments in its courthouse, the federal government should have no place in telling the state otherwise. If that state's citizens didn't especially like that, they are free to move. The state is supposed to have the power and ability to properly represent its citizens, not the popular opinion of the entire country.

Answer 2

The following words are from Eisenhower in his his farewell address...you decide what he would think about what America has become today or if they've met his ideals.

"We now stand ten years past the midpoint of a century that has witnessed four major wars among great nations. Three of these involved our own country. Despite these holocausts, America is today the strongest, the most influential, and most productive nation in the world. Understandably proud of this pre-eminence, we yet realize that America's leadership and prestige depend, not merely upon our unmatched material progress, riches, and military strength, but on how we use our power in the interests of world peace and human betterment.

Throughout America's adventure in free government, our basic purposes have been to keep the peace, to foster progress in human achievement, and to enhance liberty, dignity, and integrity among peoples and among nations. To strive for less would be unworthy of a free and religious people. Any failure traceable to arrogance, or our lack of comprehension, or readiness to sacrifice would inflict upon us grievous hurt, both at home and abroad."

Answer 3

Start a new political party that has these goals: Government fund telecasting network like Cspan. Give each register voter receiver and recorder. Give everyone ruining for any public office free time to express their positions and rebut charges. Restore congress so committees vote on nothing, Have every bill read completely with three day period before it could get voted on. Reestablish gold standard, get rid of NAFTA, Reimpose states rights on social matters, and on third day they might rest.

Answer 4

I think they would be pretty p.o.'d about all this "living, breathing, constitution" garbage and legislating from the bench. I can't imagine they'd be thrilled with the fact that there is a political party in America that goes out of its way to ensure higher taxes and more government intervention when they left Britain for some of those very reasons.

Answer 5

George Washington requested that the nation not be split into factions based on political parties. Jefferson would be surprised at how literally we followed the words"all men are created equal" ("So, wait... slavery is illegal?") Franklin would invent the bifocal contact lens. Hancock would try to beat up Tony Blair.

Otherwise, I think that they would appreciate that their feeble nation became a world power...they may also make congress men and women wear powdered wigs...ewww.

Answer 6

Well, I think they would be shocked to see we are now all free people. I think they would be disgusted with our behavior, how we have evolved from being a country based on God to a Godless country. I think they would be shocked with all the rights women now have. I think they would be shocked about many things. We went from being Puritans to hellions. I'm sure they would be pretty disgusted with us for the most part and then also at the same time in AWE in all the advancements, I think they would have some very mixed emotions.

Answer 7

They would be impressed by how far we have come. They would however be very disgusted at how watered down our bill of rights has become and how much more watered down the gov't wants to make it. The idea of giving up freedoms so hard won for the promise of security would make them puke especially when we start copying British surveillance methods would've caused them to explode. Giving up freedom doesn't guarantee security just the loss of your freedom. Osama will be pleased at how fast we are becoming a police state one right a time.

Answer 8

First, they might shed a tear. Second they would kick *** and shake the Bush Administration up until its teeth were nippin at it's butt to try to correct their positions that violate everything the Bill of Rights and the Constitution stand for. Third they would take Bush and his masters by their leashes and muzzle them until they could speak PEACE.

Answer 9

"It became equipped on a Christian starting up position and genuine American adult men!!!! " This united states became equipped on the starting up position of "No taxation without representation." we are not a Christian theocracy united states we are a mundane democracy.. Treaty of Tripoli paintings. 11. because the authorities of america of u.s. isn't, in any experience, depending on the Christian faith; because it has in itself no personality of enmity against the regulations, faith, or tranquility, of Mussulmen; and, because the stated States by no ability entered into any conflict, or act of hostility against any Mahometan united states, it truly is asserted via the events, that no pretext springing up from non secular evaluations, shall ever produce an interruption of the unity latest between both international places. obviously your draw close of heritage and what the founding father's meant to create is lacking.... learn heritage and also you may want to understand the position you went incorrect...

Answer 10

They be sadden at how much we feel that we are entitled to. They said the pursuit of happiness not the attainment of happiness. We are entitled to contribute to the betterment of mankind not be carried by others.

They'd also be sadden by they hiding of irrelevant items in our laws so that the politicians aren't accountable. Neither side of the aisle hands are clean on this.