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On the Eve of July 4th, What Would the Founders Say? "One Big Bill, One Big Shift: "

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I woke up this morning, more than a bit down, and wondering about this "Big Beautiful Bill" on the eve of July 4th, and the signing of the "Declaration of Independence." I can't understand why there are not enough men and women in the Senate and House to stand up for the rights and protections declared in the Declaration of Independence. " We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness; that, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed ;" Then I thought, what would those brave men who signed this paper, which started a new country and an experiment in democracy, and a government derived from the consent of the people, have thought? Then I didn't have to wonder what they believed, because it is in the Declaration...