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First Principles: The Ways and Means Needed By Our Government Must Equal Appropriations Hand In Hand

Posted on December 2, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“There is not a more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways and means ought always to face the public engagements; that our appropriations should ever go hand in hand with our promises.” – James Madison (1790) … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Careful Discussion of Proposed Legislation Is the Proper Way To Legislate

Posted on August 11, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“In planning, forming, and arranging laws, deliberation is always becoming, and always useful.” – James Wilson (1791)

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First Principles: Be Deliberate In Planning and Implementing Laws

Posted on January 24, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“In planning, forming, and arranging laws, deliberation is always becoming, and always useful.” – James Wilson

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First Principles: Useful Law Needs To Be Able To Be Easily Read and Understood

Posted on December 12, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.” – … Continue reading →