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You mean like the I-40 and I-35W bridges that collapsed?To have an outright hostile attitude towards all government is irrational. To say that you don't trust any government means you could not operate in society. Do you trust the Interstate Highway or the county road to not apart when you drive on it, for example?
Flawed premise...The road is builtr by people, with monies collected, to be charitable, by gubmint.How do you get around otherwise? Or do you grip the wheel in dread as you are whipping down the road at 70 mph, waiting for the inevitable collapse of the highway that is sure to occur because it was built by government?
The U.S. federal gubmint is the biggest corporation of them all....There's extremely little difference of substance between the two.Having said that, government is an institution. And all like all institutions, they are run by people that have agendas that may or may not be congruent with what you want or need. Thus, one should understand the agendas of all institutions, and be wary to some degree of those institutions. This is true of government, corporations, etc.
5 hours on this site and I can already tell the intelligent from the ignorant. Do you honestly mean to tell me that congressional districts are drawn based on how accurately they represent the will of the voters?
You mean like the I-40 and I-35W bridges that collapsed?
Flawed premise...The road is builtr by people, with monies collected, to be charitable, by gubmint.
Do you trust the Interstate Highway or the county road to not fall apart when you drive on it, for example?
How do you get around otherwise? Or do you grip the wheel in dread as you are whipping down the road at 70 mph, waiting for the inevitable collapse of the highway that is sure to occur because it was built by government?
You mean like the I-40 and I-35W bridges that collapsed?
So you are asking for perfection from government? That's a pretty high standard, isn't it? Do we ask the same from companies too?
The nation is failing to maintain even the current substandard conditions, a dangerous trend that is affecting highway safety and the health of the economy. While passenger and commercial travel on our highways has increased dramatically in the past 10 years, America has been seriously under-investing in needed road and bridge repairs.
Arizona's 2nd congressional district.
You mean like the I-40 and I-35W bridges that collapsed?
So you are asking for perfection from government? That's a pretty high standard, isn't it? Do we ask the same from companies too?
The nation is failing to maintain even the current substandard conditions, a dangerous trend that is affecting highway safety and the health of the economy. While passenger and commercial travel on our highways has increased dramatically in the past 10 years, America has been seriously under-investing in needed road and bridge repairs.
Infrastructure Report Card 2005
Why do Americans allow this?
Oh, so now when gubmint fails, like they almost always do, we get the cynical plea of "nobody's perfect".You mean like the I-40 and I-35W bridges that collapsed?
So you are asking for perfection from government? That's a pretty high standard, isn't it? Do we ask the same from companies too?
Perhaps we should apply the same standard to businesses and assume they are all incompetent and condemn the free market when there is an oil spill or a leak at a chemical plant.
No argument here.Government is supposed to be inefficient, right? If this is always true, then it is true for capital allocation within the government as well.
because they dont pay attention to state legislature electionsArizona's 2nd congressional district.
Why do Americans allow this?
I believe in the system with all its imperfections, but one cannot "trust" an institution.You can only trust people.Right now I do not trust the people who are supposed to be representing me. Of course I have never asked for their help, but would like to "trust" that they'd just leave me the fuck alone, What's that expression about governing the least is governing the best..?
I live in the nanny state of NJ where they had the "sunny side up egg law" Need I say more?
Oh, so now when gubmint fails, like they almost always do, we get the cynical plea of "nobody's perfect".
Priceless.
No argument here.Government is supposed to be inefficient, right? If this is always true, then it is true for capital allocation within the government as well.
I trust my government one hell of a lot more than I trust any individual or corporation.
Why?
Because I have NO INPUT into how individuals or corporations act.
In THEORY I have some rights with my government.
We create governments because we KNOW we cannot count on the kindness of strangers, folks.
Of course government can go bad, too.
And when they do, they're even worse than when individual or corporations go bad.
There's no perfect formula for government, folks.
If bad people take one over, bad outcomes are gonna happen.
I trust my government one hell of a lot more than I trust any individual or corporation.
Why?
Because I have NO INPUT into how individuals or corporations act.
In THEORY I have some rights with my government.
We create governments because we KNOW we cannot count on the kindness of strangers, folks.
Of course government can go bad, too.
And when they do, they're even worse than when individual or corporations go bad.
There's no perfect formula for government, folks.
If bad people take one over, bad outcomes are gonna happen.
Comparing Government to corporations to determine which is more untrustworthy is like debate which direction is the worst to be fed through a wood chipper, head first or feet first.
The differnce is our democraticly elected government is expexted to be above reproach.
