Yes, the government will have no choice but to take care of its people.
yes yes exactly !!!That's the whole reason people founded America: to be taken care of like children, not to be free of paternalistic Nazi- like liberal government!!
Dear Serenesam: The purpose of federal government is to provide for things like national security, and oversight over commerce or other institutions that cross state lines. The purpose of the Bill of Rights was to limit govt and prevent infringement on states' and individuals' rights.
it is NOT the purpose of govt to act as a "church" or "charity" in taking responsiblity for social needs, except in extreme cases such as a natural disaster where security forces have to be sent in and assistance given to states to rebuild infrastructure etc.
In general, if the churches/charities/schools/businesses can be supported to serve local communities, there is direct accountability and more cost-effective services, checks and balances on the supply and demand, the intake and the spending.
As an overall trend, teh larger an institution is, the greater risk of losing accountability to the individual and risk of abuse of collective resources concentrated in the control of the few.
That is just sociology, how humans work. We have a better chance of redressing grievances and being accountable for our actions in smaller groups with direct relationships, than in bigger institutions with so many resources to manage and so many people to represent or serve that it has to be "broken down" into a hierarchy of levels, like big companies. So there is less direct relations/accountability from the very top to the very bottom, and things go awry. Happens with any group, any church or state institution, when it gets too big.
So SS, this is why you will see people arguing for limited govt.
It is NOT to deny help or services to people, but the opposite! It is to protect direct controls and responsibility on the LOCAL levels where people have better chance at representing their own interests and including their diversity, instead of a one-size-fits-all policy at the top that would leave out people at the bottom with different needs or approaches.
Govt should ideally be built from the bottom up, letting people take responsibility for the programs they put together to serve their communities, and basing govt on what works and what they consent to delegate to state authority and to federal after that. It should never be backwards where the govt mandates from the top down and people fight over power.
That is what we see happening today, so it is wasting resources not solving problems, when people could be investing resources directly into solutions and govern the process directly.
