| | | Conclusion. Governments are never self serving. They serve those that own or steal the government.
Read the US Constitution, and try to appreciate its brilliance and brevity. It's all about trying to keep a leash on government. It is a work of genius - an attempt to regulate the regulators. The concept worked - long enough to make the US a great country.
Now, try estimating how many lifetimes it would take to read today's laws and regulations. Today, the government is a huge world. No one "owns" it - even the President has only limited influence over it. The government has been growing like crazy, out of control, like cancer - for many generations.
The best thing a government can do for the economy is to maintain a lawful society, enforce contracts, etc - all the basic services of this nature. However, government consists of individual people - and human nature being what it is, each one sees their work as a career, as a path towards success, towards their own version of fame and fortune. It's human nature to expand and grow whatever project we happen to be involved in.
You think we the people own our government? I think most Americans do not believe so. Our politicians are borrowing billions of dollars a day, during (relative) peacetime - because they were crazy and reckless enough to take on more obligations than the country can afford. It's easy and tempting to futz around with other people's money. |
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