Originally Posted by Wes Mantooth

I think the turn this thread took is a good example of why (amongst other things) some on the right don't really like giving the government having a larger role in society. It often seems like we in the US have a contradictory view of the federal government. On one hand they are supposed to be an impartial arbitrator a group of elected officials that only have our best interests in mind built to stand against corrupt corporations and greed to help us maintain a fair and equitable society.

Yet time and time again we see government waste, redundancy, corruption, greed and scandal which seemingly nobody can or will do anything about. We've almost become a society that just accepts the feds are complete and utter fuckups built largely of the elite who are totally out of touch with the average American and our needs as a country.

The two concepts of government simply don't mix very well.

I get the feeling that a lot of Libertarians/far right simply feel they are in a better position to manage their own lives/livelihoods better then a massive, out of touch federal government who can't possibly have the best interests of everybody at heart. They seem to feel that you can't legislate a fair society and the government shouldn't have the power to try in the first place, its none of their business, they don't have the ability to properly micromanage a nation of 300 million and we as a people should have the right to win or lose on our own merits.

Its not perfect, and like most things once taken to extremes it begins to fall apart but there is something to be said for putting limits on where/when the govt should be involved in our daily lives based on nothing more then their track record alone.