59% of US believe gov't is problem, not solution

[Darth Wong]

Imagine if people said that police were not the solution to crime, based on the fact that some cops are incompetent or corrupt. That's the same logic we're seeing here; people look at examples where government has failed, and declare that therefore, government is the problem rather than the solution. But it's the same logic: if someone said that police were the problem rather than the solution, the obvious retort would be "have you got some better idea", and they wouldn't have one. Allowing "the market" to police crime would be completely absurd to almost everyone except for hardcore libertarians.

It's just unfortunate that the "government is the problem rather than the solution" people have done such a good job of publicizing their non sequitur, and opponents of this viewpoint have had nowhere near as much public propagandizing of the obvious counter-arguments.

God help me Mike, but I agree with you.
The last couple of years have opened my eyes.

That said, my problem is avoiding an extreme reaction and becoming a Bolshevik in response.
Though tarring and feathering the head of BoA is attractive.

It sounds like a hippie thing to say, but the facts are in: the fat cats have looted the country and happily waltzed off with billions while the working people are left holding a bag full of empty promises.

This is the problem with politics since the 60s. Any opinion which sounds "hippie" is automatically marginalized, even if it might have merit.