THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO AMERICAN "CIVIL WAR" WITHOUT BIG GOVERNMENT!
Gunny G:There would have been NO American "Civil War" without Big Government!
The US Constitution brought the potential of big government at the federal level to America.
In my opinion...
It is the nature, structure and organization of big government itself that enables a hierarchy that oppresses we the people. Many have spoken of "working within the system." (i.e., government, business, people, politics, etc). There's the rub. The system lends itself all too well to manipulation.
Our first constitution, the Articles Of Confederation, had no provision for a big federal government; no president, no congress, no supreme court, no taxes--these were the function solely of state government--and, of course, none of the federal departments and agencies, a standing army, etc. that later came into being.
By Lincoln's time, federal government, under the new constitution..............
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