Why are Republicans not in open rebellion?

[Cali Coug]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

A few honest questions: Do you believe that government is the answer to solving problems? Why or why not?

Government is the representative body of the people. It has the authority and power to solve certain issues because we have given it to them. Government has the ability to solve problems that other entities could not even begin to attempt to solve, due to a lack of authority, power, money and a host of other issues.

Sure, government can stumble over itself with its own bureaucracies and is frequently slow (though I would argue that a slow government is almost always better than a rapid one).

In short, absolutely government can solve problems, at least to the extent a "solution" is possible. In fact, I would argue that everyone believes this is true (unless you are an anarchist). Otherwise, there would be no purpose in having a government. We could do everything without it. Mostly, people only argue over what problems that government should ATTEMPT to solve, not whether the government can solve problems in general.