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The WallBuilders Show

Defining Government's Role: Constitutional Boundaries and Public Service

The WallBuilders Show

Tim Barton, David Barton & Rick Green

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4.92K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Drawing the line between constitutional authority and overreach is more crucial than ever in today's political landscape. Our deep dive into government's proper role reveals how far we've strayed from the founders' vision of limited federal power - constrained to just a handful of specific responsibilities outlined in the Constitution. The conversation pivots on a fundamental question: who bears responsibility for caring for the vulnerable in society? When Jesus spoke about caring for "the l...

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0:00.0

Welcome to the intersection of faith and culture. It's The Wall Builder Show taking on the hot topics of the day from a biblical, historical, and constitutional perspective, and its foundations of Freedom Thursday. Of course, that's the one day a week where you, the audience, get to drive the conversation, so you ask the questions,

0:22.7

and we try to answer them.

0:26.5

Anyway, it's radio at wallbuilders.com, if you want to send one in today.

0:28.6

Radio at wallbuilders.com.

0:32.0

Rick Green here with David Barton and Tim Barton, fellas, we'll just jump right in.

0:36.2

First question today comes from Elizabeth, and she said, I'm trying to respond to a message from a friend. She's upset that

0:37.8

Doge has been responsible for the firing of so many federal employees. She wonders how all

0:42.7

these parks and recreation employees can be fired without an HR department. I did share with her

0:47.4

that many jobs may have been DEI hires or EPA hires that were unnecessary. She seems to only

0:53.7

believe the progressive left narrative about

0:56.2

Doge and also believes that everything Trump is doing now is unconstitutional and shredding

1:00.5

our moral fabric.

1:01.5

Are there any responses to help her look at a different view and look at the facts?

1:05.0

Thanks very much.

1:05.7

I enjoy listening to the program.

1:07.6

What a reminder, guys, that sometimes we, you know, we're in a little bit of a bubble.

1:11.0

We forget that there's a ton of people out there that are still just, you know, buying the

1:14.7

narrative from the major media and probably don't remember that Al Gore and Bill Clinton in

1:20.7

the era of big government is overtime slash 375,000 of those federal jobs. But anyway,

1:26.0

that's another subject. What do y'all think?

1:27.6

What's a good way for her to answer? Well, I'd start off with the right answer first, but this is not

1:32.3

one she can tell immediately. She's going to have to work into this. But the right answer is from

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