>>Yet the same set of governments is thoroughly unable/unwilling/uncaring to solve a few basic issues, like health care system, speed of INS, media monopolization...
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>It is exactly because of the legislative idiocy you site that we don't want the government regulating/controlling/"helping" in more areas of our lives.
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>Let them pass pay raises for themselves and resolutions designating this national radish week. I don't see where a group of people who couldn't find real jobs so are living off the public <s> are better qualified that people who actually run the economy to decide how we should live.
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>"The government governs best which governs least."
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>Socialism presumes there are those who "know better" who will spend our money better than we do. Sorry, not interested in another "workers' paradise" <bg>

"The government is not your friend!" - Ronald Reagan

Having worked for the government for many years, I can attest. The government should protect the borders, protect us from each other, collect the taxes,take care of those who CAN'T take care of themself, and stay out of our lives otherwise.