If power comes from government and our politicians are rulers rather than representatives, it makes sense that the hoi polloi don’t need to know what the government is doing.
Articles: Government is None of Your Business
by Tom Trinko June 12, 2015
The seismic shift in the very nature of government in America is highlighted by the dispute over the TPA (Trade Promotion Authority). What would the Founders have said about Congress abrogating its power and effectively implementing a law whose contents are hidden from the American people?
It’s bizarre, but not unexpected, that the same liberals who commend Snowden for decimating American security are saying that Americans don’t need to know what’s in ObamaCare or the trade agreements that Obama is negotiating.
Historically the intent of the government in America has been to do the will of the people. That’s why people died in the Revolutionary War -- to end distant autocrats from unilaterally defining how people were to live.
However, to do the will of the people the people have to be informed. That rationale is used by MSM outlets like the New York Times to justify revealing highly classified programs critical to national security. Strangely, that same criterion is not applied by the MSM to information that would tend to make people dislike policies the NYT et al like.
Since FDR the Democratic politicians, and apparently many establishment Republican politicians, have had a new vision -- the government, populated by the more enlightened and wise members of our society, should tell people how they should live. ...
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