JQPublic1
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I am liberal on some issues and conservative on others.But regarding your query, I am sure that some tedious historians have picked through letters and other documents to arrive at some nebulous conclusion about what the founders intended when they formed a more perfect union, and, I have probably heard or read those hunches. Whatever they were I have long forgotten them because they seemed to be little more than contrivances designed to support some modern hidden agenda.The recent history of the Democratic Party has shown that it delivered on things that matter to people like Social Security, 40 hr work week, higher bay, collective bargaining, Medicare, Medicaid, and opportunity for all. what has the GOP done for me lately except cry about any sending done to facilitate those things. But the GOP doesn't mind spending money on other countries or on policing the world.
And as a liberal, I'm sure you think this is what our founders formed a federal government for.
My personal opinion is that these times in which we now live are quite different from the days of Washington and Jefferson. I don't know if they could have foreseen this far into the future and even imagined their rag tag 13 colonies would become the greatest nation on earth. But , I think that greatness emanates from a vibrant middle class. The GOP believes it comes from giant corporative power and oligarchy.