The Federal Bureau of Instigation
WHEN composing the Constitution, the Founding Fathers – leading statesmen and thinkers of their time – were very adamant on the idea of limited government. The encroachments and horrors the royal government could enforce on the colonies were the result of an unchecked, imbalanced, and singular organ of government that was not subject to limits, and even if there were any they could be superseded by the diktat of the Crown. In speaking on the subject, James Madison wrote in the Federalist No. 51 that, “In framing a government…you must first enable the government to control the governed; and the next place, oblige it to control itself” (Bernstein 2015, p. 89). However, written constitutions are not infallible instruments, and this is one of many reasons why statism is inherently dangerous and unwise . For many years now we have found ourselves in increasing violation of federal self-control and have entered a perverted age of overreach. We are surrounded by numerous departments and...