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Old 11-22-2011 | 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by KC10 FATboy
Nothing to see here.

Love some of the comments:

"I just shake my head when I look at this and people are like, "yeah good for her." There is such a fundamental misunderstanding that we the people have for our government and their role. I remember when I was young, I used to aspire to work in the government because I thought our best and brightest were there. Now after a lifetime of promises by the government to improve things, I have seen their failed, while well intentioned, results. Why do we look to the government to fix these things? What evidence is there that they are capable? Why do they think this is a good idea? It's a whack a mole strategy for a few measly votes. People will think yeah this lady is doing this for us, when it's actually going to hurt you down the road. I'd love to be able to have a true conversation with someone about why this is a good idea and why the government has this authority. Unfortunately, that's almost next to impossible because we just start yelling at each other. When do we ask the question, is this the role of the government to tell businesses how to operate or are we better off to vote with our wallets? Without government power to dole out, the corporations and business have nothing to lobby for.