All Posts Tagged With: "woodrow wilson"

The Founders, the Constitution, and the Historians

How could Charles Beard have erred so badly in arguing that the Constitution was written mainly to serve the signers’ economic interests? In part Beard missed the mark because he was trying to hit something else—a Progressive agenda for reform, the excuse to transfer wealth from the haves to the have-nots. If the Founders were merely protecting their economic interests, Beard and his progressive friends were justified in supporting the redistribution of wealth.

11Jun2009 | Burton W. Folsom Jr. | 0 comments | Continued

Two Presidents, Two Philosophies, and Two Different Outcomes

In the White House, Wilson intended to be a strong president working with a “living Constitution.” He promoted the expanding of “beneficent” government into new areas. In his second year as president he concluded that shipping rates were too high, and he blessed his secretary of treasury’s plan to regulate overseas shipping rates and the companies doing the shipping.

1Jun2007 | Burton W. Folsom Jr. | 0 comments | Continued

Democracy Versus Liberty

If a foreign power took over the United States and dictated that American citizens surrender 40 percent of their income, required them to submit to tens of thousands of different commands (many of which were effectively kept secret from them), prohibited many of them from using their land, and denied many the chance to find [...]

1Aug2006 | James Bovard | 0 comments | Continued