tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post4655591351280951258..comments2024-03-29T10:51:27.752+13:00Comments on Not PC: FRIDAY MORNING RAMBLE: The “July 4” Morning-After EditionPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-51525150577895564842013-07-07T21:55:40.965+12:002013-07-07T21:55:40.965+12:00The amendment that was not to be (From the Jeffers...The amendment that was not to be (From the Jefferson Speech link):<br /><br />"I wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our Constitution. I would be willing to depend on that alone for the reduction of the administration of our government to the genuine principles of its Constitution; I mean an additional article, taking from the federal government the power of borrowing."<br /><br />-- Thomas Jefferson's letter to John Taylor, dated November 26, 1798.<br /><br />What are your thoughts on the impact this policy might have had on the trajectory of America? That is quite a claim, but perhaps it has some merit.<br />The Auckland Bannernoreply@blogger.com