The overreaching federal government
The Tenth Amendment Center had this quote in a recent newsletter: Richard Henry Lee, in a letter to Samuel Adams on Oct. 5, 1787, might have the best view of the long-term problems we're facing: “I suppose my dear Sir, that the good people of the U. States in their late generous contest, contended for free government in the fullest, clearest, and strongest sense. That they had no idea of being brought under despotic rule under the notion of "Strong government," or in form of elective despotism: Chains being still Chains, whether made of gold or iron .” Well put .