Founding Fathers
The Welfare Trap: Benjamin Franklin’s Forgotten Warning
Politicians tell us that welfare programs are absolutely necessary – and helpful. But they ignore the fatal trap that Benjamin Franklin uncovered over 250 years ago: The more you subsidize something, the more you get – government welfare programs make...
Letโs Not Forget What Madison Said About War
Amidst soaring gasoline prices and significant economic damage for the American people arising from President Trumpโs war on Iran, we must never forget the most important factor in Americaโs never-ending foreign wars: the destruction of our liberty here at home. In...
Refuse to Comply: Madison’s Blueprint to Stop the Feds
“A refusal to cooperate.” Thatโs the strategy James Madison gave us to stop federal programs. In Federalist #46, he laid out a series of steps to combat โunwarrantable measures of the federal governmentโ along with those that are โwarrantableโ but...
The Most Dangerous “Weapon” We Face
Ignoring the limits of the Constitution because you donโt like the results youโll get? George Washington called that a WEAPON to destroy freedom. He laid it all out in his farewell address. First, if the people want the rules for government to be different, thereโs a...