Reasons For The Flaws Of The Framers

After the victory for independence, the United States was formed; however, it still needed to face with another challenge: building its own governance. Making a nation is much easier than sustaining it, so the process of creating the republic by the Framers is worthy to be mentioned. During the years from 1781 to 1789, the United States was ruled under a document called the Articles of Confederations. As the first Constitution of the United States, it led the leaders to gain independence and have a governmental experience for the future powerful nation. Although the Articles created a ruling gate for the Framers, it was barely possible to operate the nation effectively. The flaws were exposed during time; as a result, the new Constitutional

It was obvious that the United States at that time did not have president, a stable leadership. The Articles did not favor the national but the state government. During this time, the federal power was not able to touch its peak. Even the Congress had some powers but that was not really helpful. Congress could not create taxes upon people; it also lacked the power to enforce laws and establish national courts. The Articles had neither national money nor consent tariffs. In general, the nation from 1781 to 1791 was basically combined of many small countries with a group of representatives

In other words, it was for improving the whole general welfare of the country. Under the Articles, this authority was not given to Congress but states. The only way the new Congress could gain some revenue was through requisitions. These required the share of one-tenth the revenue states obtained from their own taxation. However, many states did not corporate with the national government enthusiastically; some ignored the requisitions, or some even claimed not to pay for it. Not much money went into the national Treasury. Therefore, the money spent on federal projects was limited and not considerable. There was no improvement in the public goods. About the public goods, even the modern nations still have a problem with those, and that is the free-rider crisis. Similarly, the states did not want to spend their money on national treasury but still wanted to have national government funds. As a result, it was even more impossible for any single individual state to share its own pocket with Congress’s. [ Constitution 1787 actually gave Congress permission to levy taxes directly on people