The Constitution gives far to much power to the national government. The constitution gives no rights to the common man. The president of the land is to powerful and has to much independence from the people. Congress and it’s powers make it to aristocratic.
The Constitution does not outline a bill of rights to protect the common man. A bill of rights outlining rights that ever American has is needed to prevent the government from controlling the people. Many important Americans of the time saw problems with there being no rights for the common man. This lack of rights would make the congress and the President far to powerful. “I disapproved from the first moment... the want of a bill of rights to guard liberty against the legislative as well as the executive branches of the government.”(Thomas Jefferson in a letter to Francis Hopkinson in 1789) Jefferson realized that the government outlined in the Constitution gave power to the Congress and the President, but no power to the people. George Mason also felt that a Bill of Rights is needed. mason is a greatly respected man who among other things wrote the Virginia Bill of Rights. He also did the proper thing when he refused to ratify the Constitution without a Bill of Rights to protect the common man. Mason wasn’t alone in his desire for a Bill of Rights. James Madison also spoke out against the absence of the Bill of Rights from the Constitution at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
Article two section one of the Constitution gives the president the right to be paid for his job as president. Benjamin Franklin argued that the presidency shouldn’t be a paying position. He worried that the President would be to powerful. “Reasons will never be wanting for proposed augmentations and they will always be a party for giving more to the rulers...”.(“Dangers of a Salaried Bureaucracy” a speech given by Benjamin Franklin at the Constitutional Convention of 1787) This statement outlined Franklin’s fear that the president would want more and more money until his salary was far out of proportion. This is a huge concern to all Americans. If we pay the president the position will evolve into a monarchy.
The president is to powerful and his position is to much like that of a king. America fought the British to rid themselves of the oppression of the king. Now, the Constitution calls for one man to be The Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States. (Article two section two of the Constitution) Benjamin Franklin also worried that the office of president would be far to much like a monarchy. Franklin summed it up best by saying, “...a king will the sooner be set over us.” (Benjamin Franklin Constitutional Convention of 1787) George Mason also held this belief. “The government is destined to become a monarchy or fall into the hands of an oppressive aristocracy.”(George Mason from a speech given at the Constitutional Convention)
The Congress is to aristocratic. They hold far to much of the power. The states need to have more of the power of government. Congress has to power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper...(Article one section eight) This means that Congress has the right to pass any laws it wants as long as there necessary and proper. This statement is far to ambiguous. It leaves Congress with the power to do whatever it wants. Under this system to much room for interpretation is allowed. Any law can be said to be necessary and proper if Congress wants it to be passed. Many people saw problems with how much power the government had. “... We are descended from a people whose government was founded on liberty . . . but now the American spirit assisted by the ropes and chains of consolidation, is about to convert this country into a powerful and mighty empire; if you make the citizens of this country agree to become the subjects of one great consolidated empire of America, your government will not: have sufficient energy to keep them together... ” (Patrick Henry) Henry saw the problems with having so much of the governments power at the national level. Others saw the problems of the power of Congress. George Mason also believed that the Congress was to powerful.
The Constitution outlines a government witch will be headed by a small elite and will neglect the rights of the people. The document is vague when outlining the rights of Congress. It contains nothing about individuals freedoms. Perhaps worst of all it establishes one single leader of the nation.

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