Governmental Dysfunction Rises with Time
Paul Craig Roberts- The system of law and accountable government set up by the 18th century’s best and brightest was destroyed by the passage of 232 years.
The US Constitution with the Bill of Rights dates from 1789. All of the safeguards against central government growth and ability to indebt the country have been eroded. Today the Federal national debt is $30 trillion, about two times the gross domestic product of the 28 countries that comprise the European Union, whose combined populations of 447,007,596 is approximately 120,000,000 larger than the US population.
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