Founding Fathers

A group of people including George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin. They wrote the Declaration of Independence, beat the British in the American Revolution, and wrote the Constitution of the United States in order to give freedom, liberty, and democracy to all. The truth is, however, that they were some of the richest men in the United States at the time and represented only the interests of the wealthy property owners. They ignored the plight of the poor, the slaves, women and sought only to give freedom to themselves. The Constitution was merely a document to frame a government that has, and always will, protect the interests of the very wealthy at the expense of everyone else, i.e. 99 percent of the population.