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To: Road Walker who wrote (8170)	8/11/2009 8:29:19 PM
From: Little Joe	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Nice try to change the subject. The subject we were discussing was whether the government did things efficiently and less costly. You claimed that only the failures are publiscized and that many of these programs come in on time and on budget. I asked for some examples, you gave me none. but just for one I will reply to some of your examples: "When you turn on your faucet do you get water 100% of the time?" No and it is becoming more and more of a problem in the east where the government instead of taking care of infrastructure spends it money on feel good programs. Every year in Baltimore, we have water and sewer lines which burst because they have not been maintained. As to questions related to the roads. I don't know about you but where I live it seems you are always passing roadworkers who are leaning on shovels. Roads are paved and within a year they need repaving. "do people obey the laws because of cops" You must be kidding the courts let the criminals out faster than the cops can arrest them. In Baltimore's Inner Harbor, which is the main touris attraction in the city, there are what are called the Easter wildings when young thugs roam through the area and vandalize it. Tourists and other citizens are regularly mugged. It became well publicized when it was learned that the Police were falsifying their reports. Military to defend you. Yes and that is run in a cost efficient manner, isn't it. Well that is enough. I can only assume you work for the government. lj

To: Road Walker who wrote (8170)	8/11/2009 10:11:33 PM
From: skinowski	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Without our great government, the wonderful USA, you would live in a hut and scavenge for a daily meal. You equate government with USA? You can't be serious. Last I checked, the entire philosophy behind the founding of the USA was indeed a rejection of the European tradition of strong central governments, with their propensity to deteriorate (or, perhaps more correctly - naturally evolve) into empires and dictatorships. Founders of the US opted for limiting powers of central government, and it worked. For a long time, anyway. Nice, kind, benevolent dictatorship is still a dictatorship. You can never know which way its mood may change down the road.

To: Road Walker who wrote (8170)	8/12/2009 9:39:08 AM
From: i-node	2 Recommendations Respond to of 42652

You hate the government that has made us the most successful people in the world. I've seen the ravages of government and what it can do to people. First hand. And I've never heard of anyone who believes government has really done that much for them. You make out as though providing running water and traffic signals is a major accomplishment. But do you have any idea how much money we pay for this? A better example might be our schools, where over the years, as the federal government has gotten more involved in the process, the quality of our kids educations has suffered. This is typical of what big government does for us. It takes what did work and breaks it.