September 24 --------------- Mr. Constitution/Douglas V. Gibbs --------------- 2026

How Hamilton’s Heist Led to Debt and Massive Unconstitutional Spending

By Douglas V. Gibbs

In 2007, working with fellow constitutional originalists, I calculated that approximately 85% of the federal budget was unconstitutional. Today, after examining the complete federal budget, I estimate that figure has dropped to 83%. Despite its nominal drop, it still remains at an alarming percentage that reveals how far we’ve strayed from our constitutional foundations.

The problem isn’t merely academic. It represents a fundamental betrayal of the constitutional design that once limited federal spending to under 5% of GDP for most of American history. The transformation from that limited government to today’s behemoth wasn’t accidental. It was the result of what I call “Hamilton’s Heist.”

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