The American Government Is Simple To Understand

American Government Is Simple To Understand

The First Premise of The United States of America's Government Is "Laws"

The American government is simple to understand. The entire structure of the United States starts with laws. Every level of the U.S. Government was created by creating “Laws” that the Congress combined with the Senate, The Judicial branch, and Executive Branch (the president) are legal entities representative of the people for the people. Hence, each branch of government exists because it’s a law they exist, and the peoples’ votes are the hiring process.

The founding fathers knew one thing more than anything else, no single person could be trusted to have all the answers for all the problems. They agreed that none of them could be trusted because of personal interests. It’s absolutely amazing how well America’s forefathers knew themselves and each other! They knew that the more people involved in the decision making process, the more likely decisions made would be representative of the people, versus a single individuals interest. Hence, the disdain toward monarchy’s that ruled the world at the time. They didn’t want to screw it up from the beginning. Quite obviously, they got it right when it comes to a workable government structure. Everything in the United States Government is based on laws.

The Next Two Steps Implemented Were Taxes and Spending

Taxes and spending were the areas of most disagreement then and now in the United States of America! This fight is probably what taught each of America’s forefathers why a large body needed to have the say, and they certainly weren’t going to give that power to the president. So, they gave the power of the purse strings to Congress, the largest legislative body of the government that was formed. The decisions Congress made at the time of America’s founding were a universal desire of the people was to have a strong military. During the early years Americans didn’t believe for one second we could trust the British Empire, so as a result taxes were necessary to at minimum build a strong military. During that period America had many enemies known and unknown so a strong military was the only option for survival.

Many might believe the revolution was fought over taxes, but the truth is it was fought over no representation in government. The king of England appointed every government official including the state governors.It was the lack of a representative government for the people that was the issue not the taxes. A modern day example without getting into the politics of it all is Puerto Rico, because they pay U.S. taxes. Although Puerto Rico pays U.S. government taxes they do not have any congress or U.S. Senators to represent them. Let it be said they do benefit from having the U.S. military.

The Greatest Nation On Earth Was Born of Three Primary Tenets

The three tenets of the United States of America were a Democracy the people controlled, laws to protect the democracy, and taxes to pay the bills. The forefathers somehow knew how to keep things simple so that it would be easy to identify threats to democracy. Collecting taxes was not an issue, it was a given. Although they were geniuses they still understood there were some things they would get wrong. So, after creating the U.S. Constitution they allowed for future amendments to it, but could not have made it more difficult to do, by design. They knew the larger the number of citizens involved in the political process the safer American Democracy would remain, because there’s strength in numbers.

The forefathers of the U.S. Constitution were geniuses. They were so ingenious that they knew the greatest threat to the U.S. democracy was themselves. That’s what makes the American forefathers, Hero’s in the strongest sense of the word! just stop and think about how little has changed from their creation considering there has only been a handful of amendments since the U.S. Constitution was originally penned.

The U.S. Constitution is over 240 years old and still standing. When you look around the world almost every country on earth has faced wars with bombings in their streets within the past hundred years. Very few countries on earth have had it as good as Americans do.

Anybody That Follows U.S. Laws and Pays Their Taxes Can Do As They Please

Were the laws leave off, is where capitalism kicks in, free to do as we please to earn money. When something is unjust the U.S. government creates new laws to protect us. That’s how it all started in 1776 and still is in 2022.

Americans enjoy more freedoms in 2022 than any other nation has in history! The primary focus and responsibility of the United States citizens should be to educates ones self before voting. Politics is not that difficult to understand, and It shouldn’t be uncomfortable to talk about. I believe it’s a Patriotic Duty to understand what’s important and what’s not.

Naturally, the United States Government is massive, because we are a massive nation producing more natural resources than any country on earth. Washington DC and State Governments are about only two things, Taxes, and Spending. Understanding government is that simple. So, imagine Washington DC and State Governments are the same as a marriage. A married couple in America’s biggest difficulties come directly from income versus spending.

The bottom line is our forefathers gave us the power to fire and hire our representatives. Because we have the power to vote we must understand who represents America’s best interest, and prevent our elections from being a popularity contest.