History of Constitutional Decline
>> October 14, 2009
In chronological order...
- Early 1900's - Karl Marx's "Capital" taught in college in lieu of Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations" - The only one on the list that doesn't involve government. It is on the list to mark a beginning of a train of thought.
- 4/8/1913 - Amendment 17 - Senators Elected by Popular Vote, States lose representation
- 1917 - Wilson creates Food Administration, Grain Corporation, War Trade Board & Committee on Public Information by Executive Order begins World War 1 phase of extending government into virtually every phase of American life
- 1933 - US ends Gold Standard
- 1933 - FDR Launches New Deal - collectivism in full swing (One Generation)
- 1934 - National Firearms Act
- 1935 - Social Security enacted (Wrongly upheld by Supreme Court in 1937 misinterpreting "General Welfare")
- 1938 - Federal Firearms Act greatly expands firearms restrictions.
- 1965 - Social Security Act of 1935 amended to create Medicare
- 1973 - Abortion legalized - giving way to more Social engineering
- 1991 - Civil Rights Act of 1991 further expanding affirmative action
- 1994 - Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act and Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act (Assault Weapons Ban)
- 2001 - Patriot Act - encroaching on privacy issues galore
- 2006 - AT&T, BellSouth and Verizon / National Security Agency - possible illegal wiretapping scandal - still no investigation
- 2007 - The official number of illegal immigrants in the U.S. reaches 11 million
- 2008 - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in conservatorship for $300 billion taxpayer dollars.
- 2008 - ACORN - politically biased community activist organization given $500 million in earmarks with FNMA bailout
- 2008 - Bush signs TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) $700 billion bank bailout bill
- 2008 - General Motors becomes Government Motors for $40 billion taxpayer dollars
- 2008 - Chrysler bailout costs $30 billion taxpayer dollars
2 comments:
Is there another way to get your spreadsheet? RS has disabled your DL>
Sure. I've reposted this at the new site under US Timeline.
http://mindnumbedrobot.com/timeline
I've also converted the spreadsheet into a web page and the link can be found there or you can go here:
http://mindnumbedrobot.com/files/US-Timeline.htm
Cheers!
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