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"And let us not forget, the underlying premise of any government program, from the left or right, is that YOU are unable to take care of yourself. That you need the government to provide for you. That you need the government to tell you what is best for you."
No. The underlying premise is that some things are better done by individuals and other things are better done by some higher level of organization. Take roads for example. I dont know any conservative who doesnt use them even while claiming that there is NOTHING the government does that is good. Even while they are enjoying the benefits of government run and funded vaccination programs, even while all of this is protected by government run military services and while the capitalist system that they rightly like is based on contract law enforced by government run courts.
You guys like to TALK about how "government cant do anything" but the reality is you just draw the line in a different place. It isnt a qualitatively different outlook at all - it is just placing the public/private line a bit more toward the private sector.
If you ever got what you say is your wish the whole capitalist system would fall apart because it NEEDS roads and courts and police and the armed services. We NEED a center for disease control among other health related organizations - dont think the private sector will be able to deal with epidemics or other disease related problems. And all those parents whose kids are eating lead paint off of toys imported from China sure wish there had been some inspectors hired by the government to prevent THEIR kids from being used as the guinea pigs.
You guys talk a good game but you really ought to hope you dont get what you say you want.
And once again, if you defund a program you dont get to complain that it isnt doing all that it is supposed to.
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