Unlimited Taxes and Militarism: Antifederalist Brutus No. 7
Brutus takes Alexander Hamilton to task over his support of power “without limitation” to raise and fund armies in Federalist No. 23. He disputes the need, and argues it would reject the principles of the Revolution to form a militarized nation in the image of the...
Defund the Pentagon
While left and right bicker over calls – real or pretended – to defund the police, there’s a much bigger beast that both sides seem to have almost no interest in changing, the military-industrial complex. But as the Founders warned – acting as...
We Were Warned: The Founders on Standing Armies
Over and over and over – the Founders railed and warned against the dangers of standing armies. Even those who felt they were needed, still considered them dangerous to liberty, sought to limit their use and scope. Path to Liberty: June 3, 2020...