DiamondDave
Army Vet
You rely on yourself a whole lot less than you think. It's government that builds the roads you drive on. Would you really want your kids in a car that was built without government safety regulations or eat food that hadn't been inspected? The list is endless in the ways government protects you and takes care of you. Our government is not some evil cabal made up of shadowy figures in backrooms who smoke cigars. This is what Republicans would have you believe.
Protects... not provides... and protects the populace as a whole, not individuals... the roads are not built for me, they are built for all to freely access EQUALLY... not for some...
The government is not inherently evil.. but much like many governments along the way, it is power hungry and over bloated...
I rely on myself more than I am reliant on any government service... unlike you and your ilk
that's not a correct reading of the role of government as described in the constitution. if government were not supposed to provide, why do you suppose there is a general welfare clause? why do you suppose that no where in the constitution does it say the role of government is not to provide for that general welfare? do you deny that when the populace is lifted up, it is in the general welfare of society?
what "ilk" is reliant on government services? i'd direct you, once again, to the fact that red states suck more from the federal system than blue states while blue states pay more than they get back.
that kind of shoots rightwingnut arguments about "libs" and the system in the proverbial butt...
General welfare OF THE UNITED STATES... AKA the UNION... not all individuals...
I do not support government handouts to states either... never have seen me argue that, jill
Oh... and all other rights are granted to the states and/or individuals specifically, that are not specifically granted to the federal govt.. see amendment 10