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It's amazing that it worked given that it wasn't intentional. The US was originally envisioned as a system much closer to the EU than the modern day US. Overrea
by somebodynew 9y ago
It's amazing that it worked given that it wasn't intentional. The US was originally envisioned as a system much closer to the EU than the modern day US. Overreaction to the failures of the Articles of Confederation due to an overly weak federal government pushed the pendulum the other way and created a much stronger latent federal government than was intended as it started to slowly exercise the full extent of the letter of the law over the next centuries.
- Nomentatus 9y agoNot to mention one A. Lincoln changing the rules to accommodate a war. The first constitution didn't leave much ability to raise taxes, since a loathing of taxes help start the revolution. The result was so destructive, a new constitution became inevitable, and Washington spearheaded The Return of George Washington: Uniting the States, 1783-1789, by Edward Larson is a good source on these events. Some learned from this that low taxes aren't such a great thing; others, obviously, have yet to learn (or admit) that.