US Government- Expand or Decrease?

          It's a hard concept to grasp for many people, especially for people who don't like change or want somebody "protecting them," and everybody likes a handout.

          Of course this is all theoretical, since this is never going to happen anytime soon, but all empires fall eventually, as time shows. But Is government necessary? Over pros and cons, are they really listening to the people, or are the people just going along with whatever decisions are made?

          Does the government really do any good?
It appears to be that government keeps expanding and expanding and officials hire 20 contracting business, drop a billion dollars of our money, (which has been gun pointed at us- stolen), to go fix one window.

          So obviously the government uses our money to expand this government empire and all its many useless bureaucracies. If we slowly break down everything the government does, it seems unnecessary. Thing like gun control, abortion, gay marriage, and drugs, should these be government problems? Or should they be a more local community decision?

          So lets face it, no matter what inspiration, rules and morality can not be 100% Justly regulated, because any body of people can become corrupted and that especially goes for an extremely large body or officials.  

          So does a criminal really learn anything from spending his life in prison system that tax payers pay for is it really necessary? Why not have localized small court systems that fine people and put people to death for however serious the crime. Do we really need a police force? Why not a volunteer police force?

          These have been some of the interesting topics my cousin has brought up in the past, and he is an anarcho-capitalist, and I still have a lot of trouble understanding a lot of his ideals, but that's the problem,  these ideals are never going to happen. Not when our government is so big, and not with our officials who love for power can corrupt basic moral rights.

MovingPictures07 wrote: Get the government out of our lives. Decrease.

This.

Im gunna go the Obama road and say:
I don't really care about a BIG or SMALL government, I'd like a SMART government.

Actually, I rather like that. I am liberal, and support social programs/spending all that good stuff. However, there are always serious problems and I'll for some cutting/reforming.

I think the central government is a big mess, and a lot of money is being thrown around, and i really don't like the fact that it is our money being put into schools, prisons and abortion clinics. I think those kinds of things should be donation, and volunteer and not affiliated with the central government.

I think the public school systems would also be a lot better if the students could volunteer to go to school, i mean you set yourself up for disaster when you stick kids in a prison and tell them they can't talk to eachother haha. And I was just reading an article about Obama wanting to make the school day even longer and even have it on Saturdays. Kids don't learn anything in highschool, they learn to be "obiedent maybe, and but all they do is cram for tests and then forget all the information. Then they are put into social caste systems and try and not escape from reality with drugs and other resources.

hawkcwg wrote: I think the central government is a big mess, and a lot of money is being thrown around, and i really don't like the fact that it is our money being put into schools, prisons and abortion clinics. I think those kinds of things should be donation, and volunteer and not affiliated with the central government. I think the public school systems would also be a lot better if the students could volunteer to go to school, i mean you set yourself up for disaster when you stick kids in a prison and tell them they can't talk to eachother haha. And I was just reading an article about Obama wanting to make the school day even longer and even have it on Saturdays. Kids don't learn anything in highschool, they learn to be "obiedent maybe, and but all they do is cram for tests and then forget all the information. Then they are put into social caste systems and try and not escape from reality with drugs and other resources.

I've been in favor of a complete redo of the schooling system for a while now; and I think if we trimmed ALL the crap in the government and truly opened up schools to compete in the private sector: not only would schools be more pressured to hire better teachers and meet better standards (or they would be out of business in no time), but tuition would be cheaper and parents could send children to schools that they personally felt met their standards at a much more affordable price.

hawkcwg wrote: I like how was done in ancient times, children would voluntarily meet up and listen to philosophers speak and really take in the subjects they were interested in.

Hey, I gotta an idea, let's excrese the US gorvenment.

The T wrote: hawkcwg wrote: I like how was done in ancient times, children would voluntarily meet up and listen to philosophers speak and really take in the subjects they were interested in.   Do you really want American youngster to be even more stupid than they're right now? If schools were made voluntary, most youngster will prefer to try to get some "quick cash money" instead of trying to better themselves and actually making much more money in the future... (as money is the only thing that matters for some).   American high-schools are so atrocious... Now make them voluntary... Damn....   About the question, I want the government out of my life in private issues as abortion (allow it), drugs (legalize them), gay marriage (allow it) and so.... I want government in issues like economy regulation, healthcare system, workers rights, etc....   Gun control is the only so-called private issue where I want the government to step in and impose it. Actually, it's not private: it c eases to be private when you can use your gun to kill...

Slartibartfast wrote: Hey, I gotta an idea, let's excrese the US gorvenment.

At first I read that as "excrete" - which, while painful, isn't a bad idea 

Padraic wrote: Slartibartfast wrote: Hey, I gotta an idea, let's excrese the US gorvenment. At first I read that as "excrete" - which, while painful, isn't a bad idea

Maybe that's why Bush always looked like he was suffering from hemorrhoidal discomfort.