Do you see our federal government creating or solving social problems?

Question

Do you see our federal government as an entity creating or solving social problems? Examples?

Answer 1

They definitely create more problems than they solve.

Welfare encourages young girls to get pregnant and not hold the father responsible. They give them their own home, cable TV, food, clothing, and no reason to stop using the system. It has ruined generation after generation with its handouts.

And, why is it up to the government to decide how we should live our lives? You get tax breaks for living your life a certain way. Why? (BTW - The Fair Tax would solve this problem completely.)

The government also creates social problems by giving people with certain skin colors, religions, or sexual orientations more protection under the law than others. Does it matter why Guy A beats up Guy B? Unless it's self-defense, the reason doesn't matter. He slept with my wife, he looked at me funny, his dog pooped in my yard, he's gay, etc. None are valid reasons for violence. Why does the gay person get special protection under a "hate crime?"

It creates social problems where there shouldn't be any. It tells everyone in this country that minorities are not capable of behaving like normal citizens, so they need extra help every step of the way. How insulting!

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Answer 2

An all-time great debate. As a Reagan Conservative, I struggle with many in my party today who have lost sight of this core tenant to conservatism - including George Bush. That is, that big government creates problems and that more and more power should be in the hands of state, local, and individaul hands. I can tell Noname is a Liberal, b/c the person contends that people are basically stupid. This belief has plenty of evidence to support it, but our system has proven it to be wrong over the long haul. There are very few things that a big central government can do effectively or efficiently, but many still stubbornly contend that you can't make decisions or make it in life without Uncle Sam there to decide for you or help you in some way. Some great examples have already been posted. Let me post one more. In the relief effort of Hurricane Katrina, is it the federal government or the individual efforts of the citizens that is providing more assistance? Home Depot and other private entities have provided more real relief than Washington could ever hope to provide. Yet people continue to hold out their hands towards Washington as if they will provide all they need if they would just take more money away from rich people. Programs create a dependency that allows the party that claims the program to continue to keep its constituants in subjection to them. What's particularly despicable is when that party purposefully creates class envy and propagates racism to fool people into thinking the other party is evil and bad for them. The idea that someone like Secretary of State Rice is an Uncle Tom, or that Lynn Swan is a sell-out is propaganda to sell the idea that capitalism is a sin.

Answer 3

In many ways, the government creates more problems than it solves. It does this primarily by trying to legislate outcomes, which can only be done by reducing EVERYBODY to the lowest common denominator.

Rather than focusing on "negative rights", as the founding Fathers did, (the right NOT to be held without charges, the right NOT to be discriminated against in housing or employment, etc.), the modern mantra is to attempt to determine outcomes by law, (Everybody WILL own a house, everybody WILL go to college, etc.).

Our education policy is a prime example of this. Under the "No Child Left Behind" act, EVERY child WILL graduate high school or we'll cut off funding to that school. Does this in any way increase the basic intelligence of the children? No. All it does is lower the bar so that even the dim children can pass.

Racial quotas are another great example. Colleges and businesses are full of people who got there based solely on their race or ethnicity. It doesn't matter that many of them have no other qualifications beyond those mentioned, what matters are the numbers on the graph.

Incidentally, there are dim people of EVERY race and ethnicity, including Whites, so people can spare me the "racist" canard. In any given group, half the people will be above average and half will fall below. It's pretty much what the term "average" means.

The business of government should be to protect the rights of its citizens, not to attempt to artificially orchestrate outcomes.

Answer 4

they do neither.

the federal govt however no longer views it's job as solving problems.

the federal govt now 'addresses' problems and talks a lot about problems - but never enough to actually fix them, just enough to get attention to their various 'stances' on issues so that they can then feed it to the media in brainless 30 second sound bites so that they can then inform the public on nothing about anything.

abortion is a perfect example.

abortion is an issue that has dominated political elections and a candidates stance on abortion is always noted and well known by supporters and detractors.

but i have never even heard about a candidate from either party ever advancing a plan on how to reduce abortions in the uas - which after all, are caused by unwanted pregnancies.

the truth is that politicians are no longer actually leading the nation.

this was no more evident than in new orleans after hurricane katrina - here the govt had to actually DO SOMETHING and to this day, they haven't...

Answer 5

The federal government solves more problems than they create. The bad thing is that sometimes there are unintended consequences that have to be dealt with whenever the federal govt takes action.

Answer 6

Both.
1. Iraq
2. Health care for indigents

Answer 7

Who's right and Who's wrong that is the question....everyone can't be right but it's just the way it is accept things and move forward

Answer 8

The enactment of NAFTA allowed American farmers to dump corn into Mexico which put thousands of Mexican farmers out of business and caused them to flee into the US.

Answer 9

Both

Answer 10

Who's Federal Goverment are you talking about?...Phillipino or USA?...re-insert the question make it clear.