Another Historical Perspective
Voters United, Guest Editorial

Below is an article that reviews how our great country came to be, how it has evolved, and how we can shift it back to the way the country was started.

You only have to read brief articles like this one, published this last July 2, to refresh your memory as to what is important. We're not selling anything but our future.

From the Orange County Register, the article is by Stan Cohen, “Politics places groups ahead of the individual.”

This country began as the fulfillment of an inspiring vision shared by our founders. It should be clear that their beliefs and the subsequent actions that implemented them to bring this nation to life were grounded in a matrix of common values.

First and foremost, they believed they were creating a nation of and for competent, energetic and motivated people who valued individual freedom and independence with the same intensity that they did.

Freedom and independence from whom? Clearly, from central government. That concern is manifest in the Bill of Rights, specifically protecting us from the incursions of government.

As they were designing the legal authority and apparatus of the federal government, they carefully circumscribed its powers. Their entire focus was on creating a nation where individuals were free to be all that they could be, to pursue their dreams for themselves and their families to the limits of their abilities; where every newborn was guaranteed equal opportunity protected by law; where property rights were sacrosanct; and where people were responsible and accountable for their own actions.

America's unique position in world history is based upon the twin pillars of personal freedom and the free enterprise system, as defined and supported by our Constitution.

To read the rest of the article, go to http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/government-256162-individual-political.html