July 2007 Archives

The founding fathers set up the United States of America as a Republic, a government in which the people (us) are represented by those elected to run things. The President and the members of Congress are such representatives. I’m not exactly sure when the US started being referred to as a democracy, but I know the founding fathers did not trust to that form of government. Basically, it was deemed the general population is neither educated or involved enough to be responsible for actually governing. Thus, the pledge of allegiance states, “to the republic for which it stands,” when referring to our flag.