The proper role of the Federal government in the lives of the American people has been a long debated issue. Our Founding Fathers set out to create a government to preserve the rights and liberties of individuals in the United States, to protect them from foreign enemies, and to maintain a peaceful and lawful society. Although the powers of government were intended to be confined to the powers granted within the Constitution, the debate over the proper role of government in providing for its people is ever changing and varies from administration to administration
For conservative Republican presidents such as Ronald Reagan, government was the problem not the solution and needed to play a small role in the lives of the American people. This
For conservative Republican presidents such as Ronald Reagan, government was the problem not the solution and needed to play a small role in the lives of the American people. This