Originally Posted by
gabosaurus
Interesting that you bring up James Madison. He was a member of the nascent Democrat-Republican party. One of their core tenets was that the rights of small family farms superceded those of wealthy elite, which included bankers, industrialists, merchants, and investors.
Ensuing Republicans brought forth the idea of "Republican motherhood." This entailed mothers teaching their children the principles of individual values, most important being the avoidance of vulgar displays of individual and corporate wealth.
Descendants of these "Republican mothers" went on to fight for equality and fair pay for female workers, who had endured major pay cuts in the mid-1800s. Their tactics included organizing their forces, strikes and work disruptions.
Which means that early proponents of Madison's viewpoints endorsed the early principles of unions, strikes and equal rights for women.
I find it amazing how you can pin apples on an orange tree Gabby.
The principle of individual and states rights over Federal interests was indeed a fine one but even when upheld as rights of family own farms over bigger and far more powerful interests the connecting of Madison views and/or writes to unions and strikes does not reach..
Later actions by other people do not firmly, or rightly attribute to Madison's approval were he alive to judge.
That is unless you can expand and present such a case that would cause me to reconsider my standing on the matter.
Question is can you, will you even try??
Now to Federalist# 62. Madison held that laws governing the American citizen must be understandable and precise not a bumbling, jungling mass of confusing and vague ideas set to paper to be interpreted anyway by any person so as to give massive power to any federal official or group over WE the people.
Example- the bumblingcare fiasco. Deliberately left so arduous, long and vague as to give almost unlimited power to the
Obama czar(henchman) appointed to run it.
Care to address that one too?? --Tyr
Last edited by Tyr-Ziu Saxnot; 01-06-2015 at 10:00 AM.
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