Are millionaire lawmakers the Aristocrats of the 21st Century

Someone said to me the other day, “You know, rich people run the country.” I thought about it for a minute, and I had to agree.

In fact, when you look back at the history of our nation, certainly it was the aristocrats that made the rules, that were in charge, that drafted the United States Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and so on. It was white people of the late 1700s—who had money, who were in charge and calling all the shots. In fact, back at the beginning of voting times in America, you could be white, but if you didn’t, at the very least, own some land, you couldn’t vote. Early American voters were required to be property owners. If a person did not own property--you were just out of luck. This practice by the founders of America was an accepted practice for too many years. It’s been argued that such a practice is not one that demonstrates freedom for all people, nor did it show that the Founding Fathers believed that all men were created equal. The Founding Fathers of the United States clearly, didn’t believe that all men were created equal. They wrote that into the Constitution. Blacks were only considered 3/5th’s humans. Since women could not own property, nor could slaves, and most newcomers and the poor could not afford to own property, the practice ensured only the rich, white slave owners were able to vote.