Thread: We're screwed
View Single Post
Old 04-29-2009, 04:09 PM   #27
Archaea
Assistant to the Regional Manager
 
Archaea's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: The Orgasmatron
Posts: 24,338
Archaea is an unknown quantity at this point
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeWaters View Post
People hate govt. But they like roads. They like firefighters. They like having police. They like courts and jails. They like medical schools and public hospitals. They like public universities. They like universal education. They like having a military. They really don't see how this country could operate without laws and government.

The republicans have proven, definitively, that they cannot govern.
People like it all. Give me everything for nothing. Or take it from somebody else.

The process is grossly unreasonable as it is. Nobody wants to pay for it. So why doesn't any of the electorate curtail what we expect from government?
__________________
Ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα
Archaea is offline   Reply With Quote