>> Just what is it again that governemtn does FOR THE PEOPLE?... Under which priorities??? Oh, yea, funnel tax money to corporations and pass tax breaks for corporations. <<

I am not axiomatically against government per se, or even the federal government, but I sure am against the one we have now. And the worst part is it isn't because they won't spend money, which was the traditional Republican talking point. Between expensive disasters like Iraq and the botched relief effort in the Gulf (which will turn out to be a sieve of money to connected contractors like Halliburton and Bechtel), and "tax relief" to the richest among us, it is going to take us years, probably decades, to recover from this administration's fiscal mismanagement.

Today's news brought even more good news. Congress passed a bill protecting gun manufacturers from lawsuits. Terrific! We have a gun fatality rate several times that of ANY OTHER CIVILIZED NATION and this is how we address it? Disgusting.

Fortunately the Repubs are self-destructing, as they tend to do whenever they get power. But they have done this country a hell of a lot of damage in less than six years.

Mike