Ron Paul
If we stuck to the Constitution as written, we would have no federal meddling in our schools; no Federal Reserve; no U.S. membership in the UN; no gun control; and no foreign aid. We would have no welfare for big corporations, or the "poor"; no American troops in 100 foreign countries; no NAFTA, GAT, or "fast-track"; no arrogant federal judges usurping states rights; no attacks on private property; no income tax. We could get rid of most of the agencies, and most of the budget. The government would be small, frugal, and limited.
Ron Paul
The US Constitution was never strictly followed from day one, even by the founders, who immediately cast it aside in favor of expediency, and government expansion.
You see Sports Fans, the original US Constitution was written in such a way that it tied down the hands of government for the expressed purpose of keeping it small and unobtrusive, but that's not what people in government ever want, or are willing to settle for, hence the evisceration of the original document(s), and the eventual introduction of the 10 planks of the Communist Manifesto here in America.
No one living in this country today, would be willing to live with the results of going back to a strict Constitutional Government, aside from the altered 13th, and fraudulent 14th, 16th, 17th and 18th amendments.
The United States government of today, has zero resemblance to the one that existed before the Civil War, the two being as different as night and day, and should never be compared to one another as having any similarities whatsoever, other than the usual plethora of dirty politicians and bureaucrats who always were, and still are drawn to the dung-heap called government that are able to ply Their stock and trade of not only enriching Themselves by appointment and election, but to also gain the public's favor so that They can keep doing it.