TOO much Government?

[professorpinasheep]

let's see you do a better job before you bitch about it, all i'm saying.

don't like it? start doing something about it instead of opening your mouth. that's why we're so effed up, we're lazy people that talk a lot but are willing to take it up the ass from the government.

There are lots of people who try to do something about it. The problem lies in the fact that the vast majority do exactly as you said. And as long as we're using quotes from the Founders, I find this to be the most accurate and most depressing:

"When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin

Politicians no longer have to actually try to accomplish very much.. so no matter who's voted for, very little actually changes. They simply try to get something done, and if it doesn't pass it.. blame it on any number of things like partisian politics, too much pork, not enough benefit to enough people, etc. Politicians simply pander to the largest group with the lowest common denominator and win. And what's the best way to win votes in a society of people who have become more interested in feeling they're entitled to a way of life rather than earning your way through? Promise them easy money.