Part I: Government
American Principle Six (Part I)
The Written Constitution Established
By Americans Is a Tool For Governing
Governments derive "their just powers from the consent of the governed."
Declaration of Independence
Americans established government when covenanting to share a small portion of their God-given rights to use force and keep thieves out of the corncrib. The tax revenues provided by the people, as sovereigns under God, give government its power to function.
George Washington, who chaired the Constitutional Convention, wrote about the dangers of government: "Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." The original unamended Constitution provides the nuts and bolts needed to curtail the abuse of power by government employees. The Constitution was tailored to expose and remove government employees who use the people's treasury to purchase fame for themselves and twist the liberating self-government role of the people as intended by constitutional law. The delegates identified the self-serving principles used by dishonest men and built in many compliant checks between officials and departments whose limited powers are detailed.
In like manner, automobiles need nuts and bolts such as brakes, accelerator control and lights to work safely. Tools need a second set of laws to maintain their limited use and purpose. The predicate limiting the use of automobiles includes speed limits, stop signs and no-travel zones. The predicate limiting the use of government power includes the Creator-based Declaration of Independence and the Bill of [unalienable God-given human] Rights law. The emphasis of these charters is that the monopoly power of government must never be granted to church or religious leaders, education, media or other privilege-seeking unions. Permitting government establishment of these entities ALWAYS ends up with power-seeking authoritarians leveraged by law. They then confuse, mislead and control the people with distorted versions of truth and morality. It is the people at the grassroots of society who are the diviners of truth and morality, not government-established bosses. This can only occur when knowledge providers (teachers, religious leaders, media or privilege-seeking unions) are required to compete against one another for the support of citizens in the public arena of ideas.
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