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Can anyone tell me one problem that the government has ever fixed in the last 50 or 60 years?
If not than why trust them when they say they will?
Bj lee I vote every time for who I think will screw me less I don't drink and I give my time for many community events
Mirriam M I am a Libertarian I think the government should stick to what it's good at protect the borders fix the infrastructure and protect us with fire and police.The politicians and all their fixes have failed us time after time but the true believers keep putting them in office.
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Do you mean problems which were fixed without creating new more serious problems?
If so, you're wasting your time.
Congress runs on the law of unintended consequences.
- Mirriam MLv 51 decade ago
Let's see. The police arrested millions of criminals, and convicted a fair number, my local fire department has kept my community safe for years.
But I'm curious. I think you are a republican... right, and this is a commentary on Democrats wanting the government to solve all problems... right?
Then I guess you are against Homeland Security, right? Didn't solve any problems, right? Or does this thinking only apply to government proposed by the other party? I suspect this is the case, but I'd be delighted if you would comment...
- hansblix222Lv 71 decade ago
Do you trust our military? That's government run.
Have you ever been to the southwestern US? Because most of that part of the country was built by the national government (including Hoover Dam).
What about the federal government's decision to "fix" the segregation problem in many of the public schools in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s?
- Anonymous1 decade ago
I can but I still hate the notion that govt can solve anything.
I do appreciate the clean air act that made LA visable from miles away and not shrouded in smog.
Bush Freed millions of muslims from tyrant control.
NASA functions OK for the most part.
The Military functions pretty well as long as the money does not dry up.
They have failed in so many other areas the list is to long to type out.
For the record I do not trust them with my health care but my security I do as long as Dems are not in charge of it.
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- 1 decade ago
Surplus. They really fixed that one, now we have a gigantic deficit. I guess they looked at the numbers and concluded they weren't maximizing their spending.
Source(s): And no, I never have and never will trust those little weasels. John A, that's the only way. I also vote for less shaft. Either way we get shafted, it's who is going to be less painful with it. - 1 decade ago
You sound bitter, angry, confused...
Let me ask,when was the last time you voted?
When was the last time you wrote a letter to your senator or congress person?
When was the last time you turned off your T.V and put down the beer can and did something for your government?
- 1 decade ago
YES! They found a way to borrow infinite sums of money with a credit rating worse than mine!
- civil_av8rLv 71 decade ago
This one time I hit a pothole on my road. I called the DOT and they had it fixed the next day.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Excess money in my pocket is no longer the great problem that it was.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Nope.
As our Greatest President, Ronald Reagan said---- "Government IS the Problem".
