Taxation Will Bleed You Dry: Anti-Federalist Warnings Ignored
More than a century before the 16th Amendment and the IRS, the Anti-Federalists warned that the Constitutionโs taxing power would be used to bleed the people dry and consolidate power. Luther Martin, George Mason, Cato, and others saw it coming – unlimited...
Patrick Henry vs the Constitution: Ignored Anti-Federalist Warnings
This government โwill swallow the liberties of the people, without giving them previous notice.โ Thatโs the stark warning Patrick Henry gave us in 1788. In a series of fiery speeches, he laid out some of the most powerful anti-Federalist arguments against the...
Forgotten 1774 Declaration: Precursor to Independence and Bill of Rights
โTo these grievous measures, Americans cannot submit.โ Thatโs the bold declaration that helped spark a coordinated resistance across the colonies in 1774. On this episode, commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental...