Big Government

An Interesting article in the Washington Times regarding the Bill of Rights:

 The world the framers gave us (government's powers limited to a small list) is entirely different from the world given by the Bill of Rights (people's powers limited to a small list).

Basically what the author is saying is that the original Constitution defined what the government could do and that was it, while the Bill of Rights amendments defined what rights the people have, thereby allowing the government to assume that every other right was fair game for legislation and control. This in turn has allowed the government of the United States to turn into a sprawling corporation intent upon the control of the minutiae of everyday life.

I'm not a fan.

I believe that the less government interference in our lives the better off we are. Yes, somethings require government intervention and I'm not a fan of letting people lose homes or starving because of lack of work. But at the same time, things like Sponsorship funds (even assuming its administered properly), gun registries, Drive Clean initiatives, Health Care summits, it all seems so.... unnecessary. As if governing has become an industry unto itself and we are merely resources to feed its coffers.

Bah. Enough whining. Carry on.