What's Wrong with Our Government?

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   Kyle Keckeisenposted 14 years ago

   Is it just me or is it getting increasingly difficult to trust this government of ours. I understand that President Obama is trying to make everything more transparent, but one still has to wonder about how much goes on that we don't know about.

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      rhamsonposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians.
      Chester Bowles (1901 - 1986)

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         Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         When a government is large enough to hand out aid - they are also large enough to take all you have..... Thomas Jefferson
         
         This comment was left on one of my hubs - by Neil
         http://hubpages.com/profile/Neil+Sperling

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            Michael Willisposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Thomas Jefferson was a Wise man!!!

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      Sab Ohposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      "President Obama is trying to make everything more transparent"
      
      
      Really? Coulda fooled me.
      
      
      
      And you should never 'trust' government. It is a citizen's duty not to trust them.

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   theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

   It is full of politicians

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   Kyle Keckeisenposted 14 years ago

   hahah that's a great point. i guess it's never going to be fixed then!

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   Cagsilposted 14 years ago

   You make this thread WHY?
   
   It's a complete waste of effort.
   
   http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/32369
   http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/34370
   http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/34769
   http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/34785
   http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/34763
   http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/32977
   
   These are just some of the topics already dedicated to your rant. It might be better if you did a little deeper research of the political forums threads? Which is obvious that you didn't.
   
   However, if you would like, I've a few hubs dedicated to opening people's eyes to the problems in America.
   
   http://hubpages.com/hub/Calling-All-US-Citizens
   http://hubpages.com/hub/Where-Is-Citizen-Protection
   http://hubpages.com/hub/Whats-It-Mean-T … an-Citizen
   http://hubpages.com/hub/Have-You-Notice … In-Society
   
   I haven't provided all my hubs on the topic, because I'm not allowed to. These above are directly related to your topic. So, my posting is not self-promotion. But, simply the easiest way to express my view.
   
   Hope you learn from everything I've just posted.
   
   I can only hope you do.

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   2besureposted 14 years ago

   How much time do you have?  The country is run by a bunch of hirelings that are in it for the money.  They do not represent the people or their interest, but their own.  They have sold us out to the highest bidder (lobbyist) Up to recently a person in the Congress or Senate could go to prison for a felony and still receive their pension!

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   Ohmaposted 14 years ago

   Here is one I wrote that sums up my opinion of a lot of the problem we are having in America http://hubpages.com/hub/thinkamerican

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   tony0724posted 14 years ago

   Politicians chasing the money.

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   Mikel G Robertsposted 14 years ago

   The absence of INTEGRITY

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      Sab Ohposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      ...and spellcheck.

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         Mikel G Robertsposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         ???

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            Sab Ohposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Nice edit!

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         Mikel G Robertsposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         TK...aren't you suppose to be out stalking someone?

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   earnestshubposted 14 years ago

   People get the government they deserve. You have a free vote.

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      Sab Ohposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Good point.

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    Mikel G Robertsposted 14 years ago

    

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    Alya roseposted 14 years ago

    very true,we did vote for these untrustworthy money lusters.

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    JON EWALLposted 14 years ago

    Hubbers
    
    Just recently Congress passed a pay-go bill, President Barak Obama announced that any new spending would require the money to fund any new spending would have to be offset with savings from other sources.
    
    Senator Bunning is holding up passage of a bill ($15 billion )
    to extend unemployment benefits for workers.
    
    Senator Bunning wants the Obama congress to fund the bill per the requirement of the pay-go bill.
    The Obama administration wants to borrow more money to fund the bill,apparently the new law don't mean anything to this congress and the president.
    
    Senator Durbin of Illinois,majority whip in the senate, stated that the majority will increase the request to $100 billion if the smaller bill is not passed.
    
    The minority party asks where in the budget will the funding come from. The democratic majority has yet to respond and justify the expenditure.
    
    The 111Th congress has a 75% non approval rating, it may be considered by some as corrupt.

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       Danny R Handposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Senator Bunning has a valid point. But why not just withhold funding from some foreign nation like Iraq, or Pakistan, or a number of any other foreign countries we dole out money to in the BILLONS. Considering this point makes his point BS.

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    Danny R Handposted 14 years ago

    The problem lies in the fact that a LARGE majority of the citizens have not a care in the world about government and politics. Let them do it so I can play my video games and text my friends, seems to be the popular attitude. So while noone is interested in the workings of government, our polititians allow special interests to rape and pillage at our expense, as long as their pockets are lined and they get to keep their candy ass, all expenses payed jobs.

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    desidezposted 14 years ago

    Whats wrong with our Government? Come to My Town....pretty simple a disconnection with THE PEOPLE!

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    Wayne Orvisburgposted 14 years ago

    A problem I see is that if you try to communicate with your Congressman or Senator, you get a "I understand it better than you" response. I didn't vote for the guy but I should still have a voice. My absolute favorite part is that I can come visit him anytime in D.C., but not in his office that's 20 minutes away. Uh HELLO!

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       Wayne Orvisburgposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       By the way, the bill that he "understood better than me" did exactly what I said it would. NOTHING.

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    Marquisposted 14 years ago

    President Obama is trying to increase the government and take more liberties away from the American people. And yet, the same people who agrees with this lunatic who wishes to use the government to control the people, spoke so harshly about President Bush.
    
    President Obama is, in my opinion, a radical leftist. He does not like the U.S Constitution, is a socialist and should not ever be trusted.
    
    He does NOT know what he is doing. He is worse than the last president.

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