I see this over and over. Conservatives are for limited government. Just because we say we don't want government doing things where government is inept, counterproductive, wasteful or whatever, does not mean that we should shut it down totally.
Yes, we do need roads, bridges, highways, jails, schools, aircraft carriers, GPS satellites, standard weights and measures, courts, etc etc. Saying we don't need subsidies for crummy cars badly built and still with astronomical prices does not mean we don't need highways.
The conservative view is that the government should be a useful servant of the people's needs. However, you give it too much money, power, authority it becomes the worst sort of master.
I agree with you. Government does have a purpose, but was never meant to micro-manage the country like they are attempting to do. We have departments for everything and, for the most part, they are useless and do not achieve what they were created to do. Take the Dept of Energy, which was created to decrease our dependence on foreign oil. Yea, good job guys. We are more dependent than ever, the dept has increased in size over the years and they have a gigantic, ever-growing budget. What the hell are they doing, anyway?
The Dept of Education hasn't improved education over the years. We still hear the same complaints, maybe more so. Seems that when government starts hiring bureaucrats to solve a problem and throws millions, even billions at them to fix things, they manage to make things worse.
The war on welfare hasn't decrease the number of poor, nor has it elevated anyone. It has caused millions to become helpless and rely on government to survive. And they pretend they are unaware that their dependents won't bite the hand that gives them freebies.
Liberals especially like power and have the audacity to believe that they know better than the rest of us how we should live our lives. We are too stupid to know what to eat unless they tell us. hence the food police in schools. Still amazed that a government agent actually confiscated that child's turkey sandwich and claimed it wasn't adequate.
I imagine that the liberals see a country of people who sit drooling on themselves and praying that an appointed czar or other government official will come and tell them what they should do.
Liberals falsely claim that they are the benevolent ones. They want to give everyone a fish every day to ensure they don't starve while Repubs think people should not only get what they need on their own (what a feeling of accomplishment), but go further and create their own business catching fish and create jobs.
No liberal program has worked as promised. Billions spent on the war on poverty have left record numbers on welfare. Schools are still zoos where kids can't read and write.
It's hard to argue with them because they'll talk about their good intentions. They refuse to acknowledge the failure of every program, but want us to feel good because they claim to care. (of course, they care about their cushy government jobs with all the perks they gave themselves)
Of course, for some liberals, it really is about being all touchy feely. For those in government, it isn't about caring or wanting to see people succeed. It's about power and control. You can't control an independent, self-sufficient population. There must be a crisis, or two or three, that government must save them from and I think government creates most problems. They are not the solution, though often at the root of the problem.
Government's role is to create and enforce fair laws and all must be according to the constitution. Obama is forever confounded by the constitution and sees it as a road block. As he stated in the radio interview while senator of IL, he feels the founders got it wrong. The constitution doesn't allow government to do enough. I guess the fact that it gave the power to the people by design isn't something he understands or appreciates. I suspect he feels that the general public isn't smart enough to have any power, so should cede it to higher beings like himself.
Liberals will tell you they are kind because they care about poor, illegal aliens and even terrorist suspects. Never mind they make things worse with their programs they claim will help. It only helps the liberal politicians in the long run because it keeps them in power and it gives them excuses to continue to confiscate our money and our freedom. You can't argue with big egos, benighted followers or those with a radical agenda. They will attack you viciously because any dissention slows them down. You know, narcissists can't tolerate criticism and arguing with them sets them off.
