Follow the money... The American revolution was triggered by the Bank of England taking over the financial system of the colonies. The colonists had been issuing their own fiat currency for decades, and they loathed giving London a cut of the action. So the colonial elite made a sweetheart contract (The Constitution) with the people of the colonies that wasnt broken until the era of Woodrow Wilson. What broke the contract more than anything else was the imposition of the 17th Amendment, the direct election of the Senate. Senators were under the threat of losing office if they didnt follow the wishes of their home state. Instead of being creatures of their states, they were transformed into creatures of DC. That removed the key restraint on the Federal government. The individual states lost their veto of Washingtons siezure of powers not on the short list in the Constitution. The Federal Reserve Act gave controlling interest of the financial system back to foreign entities, making America a colony again. The pre seventeenth Senator was a concept as beautiful as divided government. A politician more like a civil servant. Their position discouraged bribery, they were immune from the fear of supporting unpopular positions and could work 24/7 on their actual job. Many of them were in office for decades and became true experts at their work. If you had a Federal problem, you first contacted your Senator, who had been given the freedom to do what was necessary by the Constitution. Anothet motive for the 17th was to make Senators bribeable by foreigners to do things not beneficial to the United States.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 05:03:12 +0000
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