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In the defense of Kenyanesian, our economy was saved by WWII. And no, I am not going to major in politics. I'm doing communications and political science. have fun imagining me as the next great demagogue!
Shrug. Smaller, worse government vs larger, better government is what I took from it.
That's what I mean. He should have just said smaller government or larger government, not smaller government or better government. :roll:
Because then the debate isn't contained to one specific idea. It'll just meander into a giant "big government bad!" poo-flinging argument. Boooorrring. Even though I see from the posts above me that's what's going to happen regardless.
What are you saying? That is what this site is for. Not for some troll to ask a trick question so that if you pick a small government you are automatically saying that it's going to be worse. Good God! I can't believe I have to explain this. :shock:
Howdy Chris, some people think government should control everything in your daily life and take care of you from cradle to grave. Such things as self responsibility is passe. We see that today when a person does something wrong, it is everyone and everything else s fault than the person who did wrong. The federal government should be doing only what Article I Section 8 allows it to do. Every thing else is the states or the peoples responsibility.
I totally agree. The federal government has limited duties for a reason. People seem to not care how big, powerful and overwhelming the government becomes as long as they get a handout. It's really pathetic, and it really shows with changes in the quality of products, service, etc., just since I was a kid which wasn't THAT long ago.
Also, the way this "poll" is worded is annoying to me. There isn't even an "other" choice. :roll: What kind of flamer poll is this anyway?
Morning Chris, yeah, in my opinion the poll should have been word "Big Government vs. Better Government." I think it was Ben Franklin who said, "Those who choose security over Liberty will soon have neither." Today it seems almost everyone is choosing the security portion and abandoning the Liberty portion. Government was about the fourth of the size it is today when I grew up in the 1950's. It really had hardly any effect on a person's daily life. Today, just about everything you do involves government. But it seems most people are choosing security over liberty. One day they will wake up and find they can't do anything without government's permission.
I'm pretty sure that different people define "big government" differently.
Some people see it as being lots of rules and regulations and beurocrats.
Others may see it as lots of welfare checks in the mail.
Some of us see it as infrastructure creation, protection of person/property/environment, etc.
I have a feeling that we aren't all on the same sheet of music in this discussion.
The charter schools are the best we have. Why would you want to get rid of that? If we had Finland's grades, they wouldn't need to exist. Sadly, we are not Finland. In the meantime, I don't think we should be dragging down the best to everyone else's level. And don't think I'm saying this from the point of view of some one-percenter, or whatever you liberals call rich people. I go to Toombs County High School, where the dropout rate is about 30%. Every day at my school, I get to see some of the crappiest America has to offer. Some of the people I attend class with don't even read on a middle school level. And it's because they never have and never will care about their education. In Finland, most of the people seem to actually care about succeeding in life, unlike the unwashed masses on this side of the pond that are so enthralled by all those liberalism-touting celebrities that infect every aspect of our culture. I can't aford a private school, but that doesn't mean i want to strip that away from those who can. So while you get to condescend the rest of America from your tower of self-envisioned superiority, I get front row seats to watching our nation's future rot away. So don't talk to me about getting rid of charter schools. The people who come out of there are the best bet we have.
Yes and no.Less government IS better government.
Much of what I consider bad about government has also caused an increase in the size of government.This question is absurd. There should exist no binary choice between more or less government. The real battle is between good and bad government.
The title presents a (false) dichotomy that only seems to gain currency in the U.S. The question quite literally makes no sense in Europe.
The problem is NOT the government size ; its the quality of people.Much of what I consider bad about government has also caused an increase in the size of government.
So while smaller government does not necessarily equal better government, many consider larger government inherently bad, since in the vast majority of cases larger government means the bad parts grew.
Poor quality people can expand the bad aspects of government to their benefit.The problem is NOT the government size ; its the quality of people.
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