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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Baloo: [QB] The responses thus far tend to uphold my position. A government that taxes too heavily and tries to baby us all will inevitably become a burden greater than that which it seeks to relieve us from. On the other hand, a government that does nothing to protect its citizens from exploitation by the powerful is equally worthless. There's a lot of lattitude in between the extremes. I despise the prospect of government-as-surrogate-parent as much as I do that of government-as-lackey-to-business. Thus far, throughout history we have veered from one extreme to the other (or very nearly so). The answer is simple, at least in America. Vote. Less than half the electorate even bothers during most elections, so they can afford to appeal to greed and cultivate fear. I'd like to see the glint of fear in the eyes of the politicians that would result from having to answer to [i]all[/i] the voters, not just the ones who bothered to be counted. --Baloo [/QB][/QUOTE]
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