Because they believed in majority rule. They felt that the majority of the people’s approval was enough.
Plus, it was much easier for all 13 former colonies to accept the Articles of Confederation than the Constitution because it basically just handed the states governmental power and told them to cooperate with all of the other states. The Constitution, however, sought to take away some of the powers they had received such as the ability to regulate their own taxes. Understandably, it would be much more difficult to get a unanimous vote for for the Constitution due to this so the 9/13 rule seemed more reasonable.
(even though the Constitution ultimately ended up getting ratified unanimously)
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The purpose of payroll taxes is to get the funding needed to operate social security and Medicare. The money from payroll taxes is also used for unemployment benefits and disability benefits.
This all happened during the American Revolution.
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They wanted King William and Queen Mary to accept the bill of rights so that the people would be more in control of the government and have rights. Another reason is so that a future monarch could not rule cruelly over the people. The bill of rights kept the monarch in check.
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