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Government is a virus.

Ordinarily, I would not respond to a question like this, because the answer is too complex for the limited space provided in this forum.

I’m glad that I got to this late and had a chance to see some of the responses. They are actually what prompted me to reply at all.

The government is most like a horrible computer virus that devours your hard drive and destroys your computer. Like a virus, the government’s tentacles reach into every facet of our lives.

Somehow and somewhere along the line, Americans became convinced that we should have the right to impose our views on our neighbors and to force them into compliance with excessive government regulation.

We should work out disagreements among ourselves and learn to compromise with each other. Instead, we turn to government to force our neighbors to behave the way we want them to behave. We demand local ordinances, state and Federal Laws and an enormous and ever-expanding body of complex and often conflicting regulations.

We also force each other to pay the taxes, so we can get the government spend their money in ways we think are better than the way they would spend it themselves.

Frankly, it does not seem to matter who is in the White House or Congress. Both Republicans and Democrats seem to think the American people are stupid, selfish and can be bought.

Regrettably they both seem to be right. The people, time and again, vote for the politician who offers more government programs as the solution to their problems. We are stupid.

The only way government can act is by confiscating property from its citizens with taxes and then spending it on programs it develops.

Anyone who thinks the solution is as simple as putting Democrats in charge needs a history lesson. The Democrats controlled both houses of Congress for 60 years. In fact they were so secure in their control, their corruption became a scandal too large to ignore. Just research the House Banking Scandal and the House Post Office Scandal if you want two examples.

After years of outrages, the American people finally broke the 60 year stranglehold the Democrats had and put Republican majorities into power. Those politicians ran on platforms of change and integrity. They led the voters to believe that they would rein in the out of control spending and growth of our government.

They did nothing of the kind. Once they got into power, they started spending even more than the Democrats had spent. That is why they were thrown out in the recent past, that and a corrupt media distorting the Bush Administration’s policies and portraying successes as failures.

Also look back to the administration of President Carter, double digit inflation, double digit interest rates and double digit unemployment. First time in history that had happened. We also had a military so depleted that it could not outfit half a dozen helicopters so it could go rescue hostages being held in our Embassy in Iran.

The Clinton administration was primarily an illusion, but I won’t get into that here.

Suffice it to say, I think we have the government we deserve.

As for Mr. Obama, he is obviously intelligent, good looking and well-spoken. However, he has not actually said anything substantive. He says he is all about change, but never clearly articulates what that change would be.

The Cuban people wanted change from the hated dictator Batista in the 1960’s. They supported a revolution to overthrow him. They succeeded and got change all right. They got Fidel Castro, a worse despot and thug than Batista had been.

Not all change is for the better. Before jumping to support any candidate of change, ask them specifically what changes they are proposing. If they are vague and ambiguous, vote against them, simply because they won’t give you the straight answer you deserve!

Our government...tsk tsk tsk.

in my personal opinion, i say the gov't is more like a leech. Its getting its money by sucking the citizens of the united states dry. Gas prices, food prices, medical care, and the cost of living in general is sky rocketing. The gov't is so strict on banning smoking, and drinking, but they won't. Only because of the fact that they are getting paid for us smoking and drinking. They'll never stop something such as that. an estimated 25.9 million smokers in America are men, and 20.7 million are women. Thats 24% men and 18% women. Which is 42% of Americas population that smokes, and all the tax goes to the government.

P.S. You spelt Leech wrong =P

I have been watching our government for a few years now. I can't say just when things really turned against the interest of the American People but turn they surely did.

I believe one cause is our two party system. It appears to have degraded into exactly what our first President warned about in his farewell address to the American People.

He said, essentially, do not adopt a two party system of government. Of course, we went right ahead and allowed such a system to be created.

I am disgusted by both "Parties" but mostly by the modern Republicans. I believe a case can be made that, in the last 30 years, they have engaged in a considered program of...

PAY BACK...

And I believe those babies...gave it to us...really good.

I favor Leavenworth, after a fair trial, of course.

Aren't they bit of both? Eraticate them? they will be like roaches at the end of the world, still here. One of those undying evils.

a leach--elect Obama President.

I would say tick they fill themselves up on our blood and leave nasty little diseases all for their own gain....

A leach at least will help you get rid of a problem you may have with their meal...

I'd say more like a mind eating/sucking/controlling terrifying alien creature that got way out of control.

REVOLUCION!

Well, maybe we could start by getting someone a little less brain dead in the white house.

A democrat would be optimal.

i'm going to enable you be responsive to the place the low priced well-being care is 'Haitian' that is being taken with the help of the fewer than the impact of alcohol, homeless, smoking fool who is composed of my ER and makes use of up $5,000 properly worth of well-being care supplies on "chest soreness" that all of us be responsive to is unquestionably merely an excuse to get drugged up on Morphine. that's the place that is going! it is likewise happening the ninety yo granny who's slightly functioning and the kin needs each and every thing refrained from information to help enhanced survival or maybe high quality of existence for her. yet who cares, precise? merely as long as some ELSE is paying the bill. I see this play out dissimilar circumstances in my expert existence. It makes me ill. in case you choose low priced well-being care, commence with the help of not harassing your well-being practitioner to get you ineffective assessments or forcing them to furnish you antibiotics for a for sure viral an infection. Get a clue. seem up the help on Massachusetts's customary well-being care and then tell me how "super that's". you would be stunned to ascertain what an entire failure that's right here in this blue state. with connection with the jobs. supply me a injury. Are you in production? or the automobile marketplace? that's the place the final public of jobs have been lost. And do you be responsive to why? as a results of fact of globalization. Which no rely how plenty you whine approximately it, is right here to stay. With Obama's tax plan on firms good success retaining businesses from leaping deliver. What are you questioning? the massive and small businesses are the employers, well-being care payer, and product manufacturers of this united states of america. in case you tax them, they bypass on those extra expenses directly to the buyer. study a pair of books on economics please.

more like a blood sucking leach I think all they want to do it take take take and never give back ANYTHING maybe after they have taken 6000000 dollars from us we might get 600 back WOOOHOOOO

LOL

leach, it sucks the money out of everyone