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In all seriousness, I often think what would the founders do. I don't think human nature has changed much in over two hundred years, though our society has been able to lose some evil habits and acquire some cool inventions. I think the genius of our government is to deal honestly with human nature and try to harness both the good and bad aspects, our aspirations, and our personal ambition. The current parties, depending on the issue, seem stuck on either the better or worse aspects of our nature. We seem to have lost an integrated view, and recite positions too often by rote.
Adams, once he got over the shock that the government he helped to create has endured so long to become a world superpower would immediate start planning another rebellion once he realized he had to pay income tax. After all, the Boston Tea Party got started on a lot less then what we pay today.
