>> On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 1:57 PM, Jon Roland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> ... Madison, Hamilton, and
>>> Jay do a good job of arguing for the position that the Articles of
>>> Confederation were inadequate for their main purpose of protecting
>>> against infringements of individual rights and liberties...
>>>
>> Evidently they were right.
>>
>
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Dan Cicconi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Well what we switched to sure hasn't worked worth a flip. I've really been
>> focused on this for some time now and I'm really fighting to find a solution
>> to this problem that doesn't involve eliminating the human race.
>>
>
> That was actually my point. The AofC were inadequate *because* they
> led to the Constitution, which represented a huge increase in
> centralized power (not a good thing).
>
I agree. If we'd started with something in between the Articles and the
Constitution, it might have persisted, and given us a smaller government
today.
Chris
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