Warbler said:
vote_for_palpatine said:
instead having a large government or a small government, what about a medium sized government?
A fine idea, but what is the medium?
larger than what you Conservatives want, but smaller than what all the extreme liberals want. Somewhere in the middle between total Capitalism and total socialism.
I don't think you realize that the Conservatives DON'T WANT (do not want, have not desire for, wish not to have) TOTAL Capitalism. We already have a huge government, I suppose when you say medium sized government, you mean one just slightly larger than the already massive one we currently have? Yeah, that is kind of how big government works, one step at a time. Just a little more. Just another inch. Just another drop. No big deal, you won't even notice the difference. Compound this time and time again, repeatedly throughout history, and before long they have gone all the way, are holding the whole rope, or the bucket has overflown (depending on which one of my metaphors you want to run with).
Personally, I'd love to go back to a medium sized government. I guess we agree on this. Unfortunately, my feelings are that we are way past that point.
I feel the state government system America was designed to have was flawless. Too bad it is more of a joke now than anything else, and becoming more so all the time. Federal government has too much control. There is no such thing as medium or small anymore. It is XL, heading to XXL, and in turn, I have no doubt it will make its way to XXXL. Government obesity, the true crisis. I don't think governments really have the ability to shed pounds, at this point my interests are in keeping it as healthy as possible to prevent sudden heart failure... but then again, as big of a fan of chaos as I am, I actually think a massive heart attack would be great fun... but looking at guys like Ferris and other friends of mine who have a family and kids, I can't really do anything but hope for the absolute best.
Octorox said:
The government is there to serve the people.
Is it? Show me.