The Six Goals of the United States Constitution and What the Government Should Pay More Attention To

1 Form a more perfect Union

2 Establish Justice

3 Insure domestic Tranquility

4 Provide for the common defence

5 Promote the general Welfare

6 Secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity

I worry that goals 6 (Secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity) and 1 (Form a more perfectUnion) may be in conflict with each other. These two goals, which theoretically appear to require one another’s existence, work differently when practiced. In order to form a more perfect union, it is necessary that all members of such an amalgamation unite as one peoples in the areas of society and economy. The required costs would include paying into a national system which protects all elements of the congregation, as well as casting aside individualistic cultures which may isolate certain groups (while strengthening others). Such prerequisites would clash with the aforementioned goal of securing the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our children. If we are not allowed to create and/or continue living freely under whatever (presumably) civilized customs we wish to, and we are forced to forfeit our personal revenue for whatever purposes the societal whole has deemed appropriate, then we hereto are living with lost, or at least restricted, liberties.

Even though some of the stated goals in the preamble of the United States Constitution are in conflict with each other, they are generally resolved with the help of its elaborate system of checks and balances, and the Bill of Rights. That does not mean however, that all is well in the country. The integrally important aspect to creating law, is enforcing it. At the present time, the Federal Government and its people would be well served by giving additional attention to goal 5 (Promote the general Welfare). I believe that this value is the basis of all the other goals. If everybody in America enjoyed the same standard of basic living, not only would we experience increased feelings of liberty and unity, but it would also help ensure domestic tranquility and equal opportunities. In all honesty, the only way to provide for the common defense is through the protection and advancement of our own citizens within our own country (as opposed to “defending” residents by occupying foreign nations.)