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Re: The Future Republic of Vermont?
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Originally Posted by goober
They also did not envision airplanes, nuclear submarines or super highways, are we to assume that we should have no air force, a wooden navy and a nation connected by dirt roads to better implement the vision of the founding fathers?
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The Constitution calls for defending America. As such, submarines, airplanes and other future technology fall under that catagory since they are used for defense. Just like the first amendment protects freedom of speech on the internet or airwaves.
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Originally Posted by goober
Tax supported schools were an American invention, tax supported Fire Departments were an American invention, tax supported Police Departments were an American invention, Yes, the founding fathers didn't call themselves Socialists, but they were heading down that road, and the Founding Fathers did ordain a Constitution that could be changed, that established a Congress to make laws, because they did not envision that all progress should come to a halt in 1800. So the actual vision of the founding fathers is that the nation would be different in the future, and they trusted the people of the future to make the difficult decisions in the future. What the Founding Fathers thought is that they had given it their best shot, and come up with something that worked in the 1700's, and they set up a system that could change to meet the challenges of the future, precisely because they recognized their own inability to envision what the future might bring.
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Yes, of course the Constitution can be changed by amendment. Regarding socialisim, based on what I've read about the founding fathers, there is no way they were headed down the road to socialisim.
- Mark
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“It's time to admit that public education operates like a planned economy, a bureaucratic system in which everybody's role is spelled out in advance and there are few incentives for innovation and productivity. It's no surprise that our school system doesn't improve; it more resembles the communist economy than our own market economy."
Albert Shanker, former president of the American Federation of Teachers
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