Originally Posted by Guest

I think I understand your post and if so agree totally.

Times have changed as well as the size and population, Each item mentioned is not quite as simple as some make them seem, and each has its own history.

Farm subsidies are very complicated and over the years, the reasoning and amount has changed. We are looking at severe prices for corn, etc without these subsideies and believe it or not, congress keeps an eye on it. A bill was passed under Clinton I think to more tightly control the amount and reason.

IF your point was to say that we are a much different country with much more complex problems today than the inception of the country, then you hit the nail on the head.

So many on the extreme right try to make this as if this were the colonial days, and you cannot govern with that mindset.

If we were to have this discussion, it needs to be broken down into segments and you would be surprised at some of the good sense applied to these problems over the years.

We tend to try and make complicated things simple for us, but that cannot be done. Maybe to make a point on a forum like this, but not close to accurate.