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How come all these politicians carry on about the government being too big, but they are not the first ones to let their jobs be phased out?

2006-06-09 07:35:14 · 6 answers · asked by Mommymonster 7 in Politics & Government Government

Oh, by the way...I don't hate the government. I just find it rather ironic, almost humorous.

2006-06-09 07:55:56 · update #1

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It is a phenomenon called bureaucratic dysfunction. It doesn't just happen in the United States. It happens everywhere in the world. The purpose of government is to demonstrate why it is right and just for government to keep on governing.

It has been going on forever. Machiavelli railed about it in the late 1400's in Italy. That was back in the days when the DiMedici's and the Borghia's were in a virtual civil war in Italy.

I personally think that people get a little weird about big government. It is a lot better for government to be big than small in SOME but not ALL cases.

Taxes are oftentimes lower in big governments because governments develop infrastructure. In countries where there is no infrastructure, like Third World countries, more people get killed by all the things infrastructure protects them against.

In the United States, people can travel freely from one part of the country to the other. In third world countries, the lack of roads and access is what also causes famine, civil wars, deaths due to natural disasters. Phasing out the Highway Department would mean that people couldn't move freely, that goods and services couldn't travel freely, thereby creating shortages.

If you phased out politicians jobs, there would be no infrastructure for conflict resolution. If you phased out the health department, there would be no infrastructure for health care. And there would be no infrastructure for resolving health care issues like Medicare Part D, or health insurance.

If you want to hate government, you have a right to do that. But it is necessary, if for no other reason than to protect and maintain the infrastructure that protects us from being a third world country.

2006-06-09 07:51:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

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2016-11-14 09:52:43 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

They don't want to give up the power their job gives them.

2006-06-09 07:36:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

They're selfish. They are talk about people below them.

2006-06-09 07:47:47 · answer #4 · answered by USA#1 1 · 0 0

It's all about the $$$$!

2006-06-09 07:40:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

GREED

2006-06-09 07:53:57 · answer #6 · answered by Dan W 5 · 0 0

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