The truth is that neither party has been able to slow the mass assault of big government against it s citizens. We the people have been forgotten and now have become we the slaves. Republicans campaign for lower taxes, but approve larger government budgets which will guarantee the need for higher taxes. Democrats rail about the rich not paying their fair share and big business using loopholes. While this endless debate takes place we the slaves pay more and more.
Government continues to grow bigger and becomes less efficient.
More societal problems are created and more citizens foolishly clamor for government solutions. As we examine the last 150 years of American History we can see how two parties of vastly different philosophy have come closer and closer together and farther away from thier beginnings. Early Jefferson anti-Federalists later became Jackson Democrats who were extremist in their views regarding state s rights and the 10th amendment. These early Democrats were made up of small business men, farmers, and artisans who were self reliant and didn t look to government to supply every need. These Democrats later became associated with slavery in the South.