After the Constitution was drafted and before it was ratified by the states, Federalists and Anti-federalists argued over whether the document should define the new government succeeding the problematic confederation of sovereign states. Â Anti-federalists wanted amendments added that would explicitly protect individual rights and private property. Â They feared a strong central government would accrue powers to itself leading to an overbearing and tyrannical government.
The Anti-federalists, including George Mason and Patrick Henry, were correct in their concern about government growing ever bigger and less concerned about individual rights and free enterprise. Â Today, progressive fascists control both houses of Congress and the White House, and their authoritarianism is becoming ubiquitous.
To rectify this situation and to return to much smaller government respectful of individual rights and free enterprise, the following Constitutional amendments are proposed.
