Argumentative Essay: The Power Of The Federal Government

The Power of the Federal Government Thomas Jefferson once said,”Most bad government has grown out of too much government”. The question everyone's asking though, is “How much government is too much?” America was founded because people were fleeing an overbearing british government that they believed had too much power. The founding fathers set strict rules outlining just how much power the government would be allowed to wield to try and prevent history from repeating itself. As time has passed the federal government has gained increasingly more power than in previous years while staying within the constructs set by the constitution. While the federal government expands their powers we become closer to becoming what the founding fathers tried to escape. The federal government has too much power over the people of the United States and if they are not reined in we will repeat history. …show more content…
The hot topic the politicians are loving now is abortion. The federal government is trying to tell people what they can and cannot do with their bodies. No one should be forced to have a child they do not want or cannot afford to take care of and no child should have to live knowing that they’re parents were forced to have them. Politicians and protestors are all for making you have the baby and making sure it survives the pregnancy, but afterwards they would not even spit in the child's direction. There is something very wrong when a person lives under a government that tries to tell them how to live their lives yet are unwilling to help or even see the consequences of their