C3PX said:

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.

Lots of things in life are Ebb and Flow. When business is up, you hire new people. When business is down (see: recent recession) you fire people. That is business. It's not always very nice, but if you don't do it... then the whole business sinks (see: lots of companies).

The Gov't, however, never contracts. It expands when it finds new work... but it never lets those people go. It only gets bigger.

Thomas Jefferson didn't think the Federal Gov't should be in the 'money printing' business. I'm not sure I agree... I think having a national currency vouched for by the Feds is a good thing... But that just goes to show the size of Gov't he was expecting.