RR: "Gov't is not the solution to the problem, gov't is the problem"

[ImminentDanger]

Neither group wants SMALL GOVERNMENT (which the US CONSTITUTION created)... Each group wants a BIG SCULPTED GOVERNMENT that promotes and enforces their own philosophies of foreign & domestic policies, while defending against all other choices. Neither group cares that 95% of THE PEOPLE will suffer under such a system, while the 5% luxuriate in their Power, Control & Wealth. The desire for BIG GOVERMENT by leaders of both sides is destructive of the very core of this great nation!

At the moment, the government configuration is not helping either side, as it is creating more & more CHAOS - but that is an effort to eventually justify more & more CONTROL. Both sides are suffering under the incompetence of this administration but it serves the goals of the Liberal Leftist Leaders.


The original Constitutional limits on government & the embrace of capitalism created a Middle-class in this country like no other country in the world. THE PEOPLE were in charge of the government and their own destinies to a greater extent than the average citizen of other countries. It was this promotion & protection of the Middle-class (like the middle rungs on a ladder) that made it possible for an average person to reach the economic status of freedom thru hard work and dedication. This idea of small government & personal self-determination worked very well to create the successful United States.

But the great depression was a great opportunity for the socialist liberal left to change the underlying structure of the US. Their goals are almost never obvious, but rather, they find causes to support (as a facade) which will further their goals surreptitiously. NEVER LET A CRISIS GO TO WASTE!

The great lofty asperations (a facade) envisioned for the government by Herbert Hoover & Franklin D. Roosevelt, coupled with decisions by the Supreme Court (1942 Wickard v. Filburn) that did not protect THE PEOPLE from the government and implementation of the New Deal, helped to balloon the size & control of the federal government. It set the course of federal actions for the future. We are now suffering under the weight of those disastrous decisions.

Whenever the government (federal or state) expands it's power, it is directly taking freedom and power away from THE PEOPLE, in direct opposition to the Constitution.

The Middle-class in the US is still being assaulted by the expansion of the government. As more control moves to the government, the structure of the US is moving more toward a Liberal Leftist Oligarchy, entrenched in the machinations of the deliberately complicated governmental processes which distance the control from THE PEOPLE. A relatively small number of people, in perpetual government positions, are controlling the boundaries in which individuals can survive. When THE PEOPLE choose to exercise their God-given & Constitutionally recognized RIGHTS outside those government mandated boundaries, they are beaten back into submission with all the power of the government.


President Biden has done a great job of Creating CHAOS, in many, many areas of life (no need to enumerate what is obvious all around us). This is the precursor to the push for even more government control to 'solve the chaotic problems' that have been deliberately created. During the CHAOS, THE PEOPLE of either or all persuasions are upset as their lives are impacted. But while the Liberal Leftist voters are supporting those who Create CHAOS, the oligarchs (5%) are not the least bit concerned about the destruction experienced by the PEONS (95%). It is a means to a goal.

Don't be confused and distracted by the FACADE OF EMPATHY or DESIRE TO FIX THE PROBLEM - the governmental oligarchy is willingly Creating CHAOS to obtain CONTROL. No matter the loudly proclaimed 'I'm here from the government to help you', the true goal is for the Liberal Leftist Leaders to help themselves to more power, more control & more taxpayer money. And the supposed conservative leaders (thought to be in opposition) are furthering that same goal by keeping in place structures and procedures which they believe will help themselves obtain more of the power, control & taxpayer money.

I'm not surprised by the poll - However, the suffering will never lead to the reduction of the BIG GOVERNMENT which was & would be the solution. Everyone WANTS to be a victim, deserving handouts from the government. NO ONE wants to be tolerant of others opinions and choices, which is needed to create as much FREEDOM as possible. Everyone thinks it is the control of society by BIG GOVERNMENT (for their cause) that is needed so they don't have to tolerate that with which they don't agree.

CONTROL - NOT FREEDOM - IS THE GOAL.

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[Capt]

talk about hitting the nail on the head

[ArmyVet]

Reagan wasn't exactly the saint that people make him out to be...

[Sgt.K]

...they still have TRUMP living in their heads.

Rent-free, no less...

[Aggies Coach]

The government has been extra crappy for the past 2 years. And people are noticing.

I would probably say the last 20 years.

[wew3]

Today's Best of the Web opinion column in the WSJ. The bolded text is me.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/reagan-...le_email_share

Reagan Is Still Right
More than three decades after he left office, his answer on the challenges facing the U.S. is still the most popular.
By James Freeman
Jan. 31, 2023 3:16 pm ET

President Reagan used to say that government is not the solution to our problems; government is the problem. Perhaps this basic insight was the reason he won two landslide presidential elections. Nearly four decades after the second of those landslide victories, a lot of Americans still agree with him.

“More Americans name the government as the nation’s top problem in Gallup’s latest poll,” reports the survey organization’s Megan Brenan. When asked to name the “most important problem facing this country,” 21% cite “The government/Poor leadership.”

This is the most popular answer in the survey, and there’s not much of a partisan divide, according to Gallup:

The government ranks as the top problem for both Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (24%) and Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents (18%).
As for the other top answers given by survey participants, one could argue that they also represent government failure—and voter recognition of the resulting damage. Ms. Brenan notes:

With high prices persisting, inflation remains the second most-cited problem (15%), and amid elevated tensions about the southern U.S. border, illegal immigration edged up three percentage points to 11%.
The fourth most popular answer for the country’s top problem is “Economy in general” at 10% and the poll finds unusually pessimistic views about the economic future, especially given how strong a labor market Americans continue to enjoy. But people don’t think it will last.

And no wonder. Inflation is an entirely Washington-made problem co-produced by the Federal Reserve and the Biden economic program. To its credit the Fed has been trying to learn from its mistakes and is seeking to restore the price stability that is not just good economics but a societal necessity. Unfortunately the President has so far refused to even consider a pro-growth agenda to replace his inflation-fueling spending spree.

So everyone from Wall Street to Main Street is now just waiting to see if the Fed will succeed in crushing the labor market to restrain wages and therefore inflation, and hoping the process won’t be as painful as it sounds.

Mr. Biden surely remembers that 40 years ago the Fed was also running a tight monetary policy to slay the inflation beast it had unleashed. But the U.S. economy was starting to roar because Reagan had worked with the Congress to allow greater incentives to work, save and invest.

If Mr. Biden still isn’t willing to talk about spending reforms at his Wednesday meeting with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.), perhaps they could break the ice discussing deregulatory measures to restore the fast economic growth that prevailed at the start of Mr. Biden’s term.

Deregulation is of course a dirty word in D.C., and for those who treasure the privilege of telling fellow citizens what to do, the bright side of the Gallup results is that even more Americans didn’t sign on to the Reagan answer. This is perhaps amazing given that we have all just lived through one of the most costly and destructive government interventions in the history of civilization. Rob Arnott and Casey Mulligan recently wrote in an op-ed for the Journal:

Covid-19 is deadly, but so were the draconian steps taken to mitigate it. During the first two years of the pandemic, “excess deaths”—the death toll above the historical trend—markedly exceeded the number of deaths attributed to Covid. In a paper we just published in Inquiry, based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, we found that “non-Covid excess deaths” totaled nearly 100,000 a year in 2020 and 2021.

Even these numbers likely overestimate deaths from Covid and underestimate those from other causes. Covid testing has become ubiquitous in hospitals, and the official count of “Covid deaths” includes people who tested positive but died of other causes...

What are non-Covid excess deaths? During the pandemic, deaths from accidents, overdoses, alcoholism and homicide all soared, as did deaths from hypertension, heart disease and diabetes...

The CDC data show the rate of non-Covid excess deaths in the first half of 2022 was even higher than 2020 or 2021. These deaths therefore likely already exceed 250,000, disproportionately among young adults. We are witnessing multiple healthcare emergencies, but resources and attention are still directed toward Covid.

Non-Covid excess deaths have shown no signs of diminishing, at least through mid-2022. We now have more overdose deaths each year than all military deaths of the last 60 years combined. Homicides, accidents and alcohol deaths are collectively running tens of thousands per year above pre-pandemic norms. Given the substantial weight gains that were common during the pandemic lockdowns, non-Covid natural deaths from heart disease and diabetes seem unlikely to recede soon.