Reply #15: Government does NOT exist to protect freedom. Every person on the earth is born with 'certain [View All]

[sinkingfeeling]

unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,'

Government is there to provide the needed things for the people, like schools and roads, and levees, and bridges, fire departments, police, etc. What government has taken away from the people is our voice. We can no longer stop the use of our military for empire, although we did not give our consent. We can no longer stop the 'give away' of our money to corporations. Government should have regulatory powers, to prevent the very thieves that get 'no bid contracts' using tax payer money.

It is the 'family values' crowd that want a 'nanny' government to tell us who we can sleep with, what to do with our own bodies, and to have laws prohibiting those we deem 'unfit' (gays, immigrants, women, etc.) from having the same rights as 'us'.