... said the new constitution was a class-based document intended to ensure that a particular economic elite controlled the public policies of the national government. An anti-federalist under the alias "Cornelius" said, "Thus, I conceive, a foundation is laid for throwing the whole power of the federal government into the hands ... and personal wealth. The wealthiest 1% own 37% of the nations net worth and controls 20-25% of all the nations wealth. The wealthiest 10% controls 86% of the nations wealth. What do these elite do with this money? They give a lot to political campaigns therefore ...

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... the number of agencies it directs and in the scope of its powers. Some people also think that the daily business of Capitol Hill has no effect on their lives, in part because they believe that politicians "who live and work "inside the beltway" "don't understand ... of this argument, policy will be the rules, and those rules have various enforcement techniques, not to exclude legal enforcement. James Madison explained in Federalist 10, a primary benefit of federalism is that it contains policy fads or fast-moving popular movements in one or a few states, thus preventing the ... of the ...

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