Question

Ideas about the role of government are central to the political conversation in the U.S. and public administration. Contrast the size and role of government at the time of the writing of the Constitution with the size and role of government envisioned by the progressives. Your answer should explain why the Founding Fathers and the Progressives had different views.

Answer 1

The Constitution of US is considered one among those which gives the best applicability to the principles mentioned in the constitution. Lately, we have seen many wars of word among the highly literate individuals and constitutional thinkers about the actual role and responsibilities that the current Government is playing in the overall economic and social development of the nation, and what the founding fathers wanted the role and powers of the Government should be economic and social development of the nation.

                                  When the Constitution of the United States was founded, the founding fathers had a very clear and distinct tole of the Government in its various spheres and machinaries. The Government and its Governance was given paramount importance when the founding fathers gave the structure of the constitution and the powers of the Government were formulated. The functions of the Government were not only limited to the institutions of the governance, but it was a gigger picture, where the Government had to take up the responsibility of the citizen’s livelihood and their day to day performance in their own economic development and also how to lead the people in the overall economic development of the country. The size of the Government was not given much of an importance by the founding fathers and they envisage that a smaller size of the Government could actually help its functionality in a better way. The founding fathers believed that a smaller size of the Government would ensure that the important decisions are taken by a group of responsible decision makers and a smaller group of them would make it easier for them to manage the government activities without focusing on managing too many politicians. However, if we focus on the current size of the Government, it is much bigger and divergent than as it was envisaged by the founding fathers. The more than necessary size of the Government is now evident in the fact that there are too many news of scuffle among the politicians and they can hardly manage enough time to work for the betterment of the society.There have been various roles of the Government which were specified and there were also restrictions on the Government intervention in to various departments of the Government , so that certain agencies and institutions of the Government can work without any pressure of the Government and without any intervention, However, it is now evident that the Government has its hands in to every department and agency that functions as a part of the constitution. It is believed that the Government plays a huge role in the functionality of these agencies.