Government the Biggest Problem?

[Henry]

Government the Biggest Problem?


Maybe so according to the poll outlined in the attached.


Government is the Country's Biggest Problem, Say Americans - Hit & Run : Reason.com




Maybe this is good news.... maybe folks are starting to realize what a tremendous waste of resources and rapist of Liberty the central state has become.... and maybe not.


The central state needs to be put back in its cage or left behind.

 

[actaeon277]

Problem is, they only dislike it when it affects them. Not when it affects others.

 

[hornadylnl]

You better register that scooter, drunkard!

 

[hornadylnl]

Problem is, they only dislike it when it affects them. Not when it affects others.

People actively seek to grow government when it can be used against their enemies.

 

[Magneto]

Government that doesn't give them what they want is what is the problem to them. Not big, corrupt, and overreaching government.

 

[ModernGunner]

Not surprising, especially in light of the almost innumerable scandals associated with the Liar-In-Chief and his cronies.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Of course, the Chinese had it figured out three thousand years ago.

"The more that laws and regulations are given prominence, the more thieves and robbers there will be."

"When taxes are high, people go hungry. When government is too intrusive, people lose their spirit."

"Act for people's benefit, trust them and leave them alone."

Er Li, aka Laozi
Zhou Dynasty, China

 

[BehindBlueI's]

The only thing worse than government is lack of it.

 

[actaeon277]

The only thing worse than government is lack of it.

Because someone is against large government, doesn't mean they are against all government.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

Government of the people, by the people, and for the people seems like a good idea.

Until you actually meet the people.

 

[mrjarrell]

 

[Knight Rider]

Just found out I owe mega $$$ because I accessed my money from a retirement account to buy the property I've dreamed of since I was a kid. That was expected.

What I didn't expect was that now I'm not eligible for any deductions related to my three kids in college because evidently I just became " rich". Meanwhile, illegals get instate tuition and the "poor" get subsidized everything on my back. Yeah, I'm a bit ass burned right about now!

Talk me down please.

 

[PistolBob]

Here is what happens on January 1, 2015:

1. Top Medicare tax went from 1.45% to 2.34%
2. Top Income Tax brackets jumped from 35% to 39.6%
3. Top income payroll tax went from 37.4% to 52.2%
4. Capital Gains tax jumped from 15% to 28% (home sale)
5. Dividend Tax rate jumped from 15% to 39.6%
6. Federal Estate Tax jumped from 0% to 55%

Not one single Republican voted for any of those increases. These increases are all from the
Affordable Care Act the Democrats shoved down our throats without even reading it.

 

[actaeon277]

Government of the people, by the people, and for the people seems like a good idea.

Until you actually meet the people.

And yet it seems to work better than a government by a few.

 

[pudly]

Here is what happens on January 1, 2015:

1. Top Medicare tax went from 1.45% to 2.34%
2. Top Income Tax brackets jumped from 35% to 39.6%
3. Top income payroll tax went from 37.4% to 52.2%
4. Capital Gains tax jumped from 15% to 28% (home sale)
5. Dividend Tax rate jumped from 15% to 39.6%
6. Federal Estate Tax jumped from 0% to 55%

Not one single Republican voted for any of those increases. These increases are all from the
Affordable Care Act the Democrats shoved down our throats without even reading it.

That can't be true. I've been assured by INGO that Democrats and Republicans are the same.

 

[Destro]

That can't be true. I've been assured by INGO that Democrats and Republicans are the same.

I was thinking the same thing

 

[MisterChester]

That can't be true. I've been assured by INGO that Democrats and Republicans are the same.

They are, they just disagree on who to steal from.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

And yet it seems to work better than a government by a few.

Yes, but it has a necessarily shorter life-span.

 

[Destro]

hooray for free market enviromental controls! Wouldn't everybody prefer the good folks at Dupont decide how much chromium we drink and not some silly .gov science man? Aren't we lucky to live in the USA where big companies put people over profits?

 

[RockofStrength]

hooray for free market enviromental controls! Wouldn't everybody prefer the good folks at Dupont decide how much chromium we drink and not some silly .gov science man? Aren't we lucky to live in the USA where big companies put people over profits?

I must have missed when the term "free-market" came to mean "Buying off the government to let me do what I want".