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The American founding fathers felt that the wars, economic problems and debts of one generation should be paid for by the generation which incurred them. They wanted the rising generation to be generally free both politically and economically.

The founding fathers felt that the worst kind of debt is that which results from splurge borrowing going into debt to enjoy the temporary luxury of extravagantly living beyond ones means.

The founding fathers belong to an age when debt was recognized for the ugly spectre that it really is. They considered frugality a virtue, and even when an emergency compelled them to borrow, they believed in borrowing frugally and paying back promptly.

“Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations- Entangling alliances with none” -Thomas Jefferson

Prosperity in the midst of thriving industry, fruitful farms, beautiful cities, and flourishing commerce always attracts the greedy aspirations of predatory nations. Singly these coveted predators may not pose a threat, but federated together they may present a spectre of total desolation to a free, prosperous people. Before the nations inhabitants are aware, their apocalypse of destruction is upon them.

‘Not only did the Bible contribute to the linguistic habits of the people, but it provided root strength to their moral standards. As Daniel Webster stated “Where Americans went, the Bible came with them.” In our own day, the public schools have been secularized to the point where no Bible reading is permitted. The founding fathers would have counted this as a serious mistake.’

“Catechism on the Constitution” Arthur Stansbury

(2/2) They became domestics, fieldworkers, truckers and farmers. They ran laundries worked on railroads, ate their simple fair and slept on bare boards. Meanwhile, they sent their children to school and endured their mistreatment with patience.

One of the best examples of minority adjustment under adverse circumstances is the American saga of the Japanese and Chinese. The treatment they received is an embarrassment to modern Americans. They were not only shabbily treated but sometimes they were treated brutally. However, practically none of the Japanese and Chinese went home (1/2)

Being a minority, even in the United States is painful because acceptance depends on crossing the culture gap. To the founding fathers this meant learning the English language, attaining the general norm of education, becoming economically independent and becoming recognized as a social asset to the community.