Fear of the government?

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I have a coworker that is a 63 year old extreme right wing republican. On a daily basis he advocates how the democrats are trying to ruin the country and most importantly take away our guns. He receives emails on a daily basis on what the democrats are doing and how they are taking away your rights. The majority of the emails contain no factual information and are just chain emails. The other day he showed me one on how the democrats led by obama are introducing a bill that would make guns illegal unless you paid a yearly fee, undergo a mental competency test, only allowed to have a certain amount of guns, and at any time federal agents could search your home for no reason other than you have guns. I recognized the email and explained to him that this bill was from around 2000-2001 and failed before it even got to a vote. Also that the email has been passed around every couple of years and has no truth, especially anything to do with obama. He refuses to believe me and cant figure out why I don’t fear the government. I told him that I do not fear the government because I do not give them a reason to fear me. He said that was the dumbest thing he ever heard and it makes no sense. I explained that I don’t walk around every day assuming the government is out to get me and I don’t do anything illegal so why should I fear them. He walked away saying soon I will understand when they take my guns. Do you fear the government? (I just can’t imagine a politician taking away guns since the majority of the country would just vote them out of office and veto the bill)

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Actually I agree 100% that the person who has the money will win. I have always believed that politicians are just puppets for big business. When people say that a president didn't do what they said they would do, I just say back to them how could he, neither side wants to agree with each other or even compromise. Its hard to make changes when you are at a stalemate. I think the best person for president is a person who doesn't come from money and understands the common man and everyday problems.

? · Accepted Answer

At the moment i do not; if an extreme right wing republican becomes president then I will be concerned.

? · Answer

He may be a little extreme, however I will never understand your thinking that giving a percentage of everything to a bunch of politicians and expecting them to run the world and bring you Utopia makes sense. And I will never understand how you people do not realize that money is power and the more power you give to government the more power you give to the guy with the most money. As the biggest banks of the world get bailed out by you to support our scam of a financial system, all I hear from you government lovers is, we need government from the heavens to save us...... What, the government led by Obama or Romney, whom both get their biggest campaign checks from these big banks and corporations whom you are expecting them to regulate? Politicians are just salesmen for big business to gain more power. The free-market is not perfect, but it is the toughest regulator as none of these big banks could have the power they have under a free market system. They gained it by buying out your government because you put all your faith into politicians who put on a suit and know how to deliver a speech.

AbeLincolnParty · Answer

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These are a select few electric power plants that store the exhaust of burnt coal gases underground.

Look up the Lake Nyos Disaster to understand the true purpose of these operations (two sites I know of: Meredosia Illinois, and Poke County in north central Florida, there is another somewhere in Ws).

This is a plan to mass murder millions of american citizens, and the US department of Energy is implementing it.

Anonymous · Answer

"When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny." - Thomas Jefferson


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xpatinasia · Answer

I do not fear the government.  You should fear the co-worker, he knows where you live.

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