Public Servants, Beltway Disease, Career Politicians

Citizen Government

By David Coughlin
Saturday, December 4, 2010

In the 18th century our Founding Fathers were forced into crafting a new republic, after rejecting over a century as colonies of England. This republic was an experiment in governance design to support a vibrant free market economy, a growing country with an active frontier, and the need for a common defense. Ben Franklin wrote that “in free governments the rulers are the servants and the people their superiors and sovereigns.â€