Ben Franklin warned: America has “a republic, if you can keep it.”
If!
He wasn’t sure the great experiment would last.
I ask Stossel TV guests, how did we make it to 250 years?
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Americans “went out into the untamed wilderness and established towns and cities that really didn’t have to lean on a central government in order to function.” says Linnea Lueken of Heartland Institute.
That self-reliance made America successful.
Unfortunately, today, people say, “Problem? There ought to be a law!”
But the more government “fixes” things, the more control politicians have over us, and the less freedom we have.
That’s not what the founders wanted.
What really makes America thrive? Ron Paul, Steve Forbes, Jennifer Grossman, Grover Norquist and others explain in my video above.


