The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests.
Charley ReeseThe poor Constitution itself is hardly paid any attention to. It's necessary to ignore it because most of what government does these days is clearly unconstitutional. The original idea, as expressed by James Madison, was that states would do 95 percent of the governing. Today, they are little more than administrative subdivisions of the central empire.
Charley ReeseIf we could manage our own finances the way the Congress does the nation's, we'd all be living in high cotton and eating high on the hog.
Charley Reese