Hah: That Was Then; This Is Now and Things Are Different Today

"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite."

. . . James Madison, Federalist No. 45

"To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it."

. . . Thomas Jefferson, letter to Joseph Milligan, 6 April 1816