The Government Is Not Your Friend, No Matter What Politicians Tell You

Reagan once said: "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help." He was right, the government's not your friend and it most certainly isn't here to help you.

The dirty little secret about government is that its purpose is not really to make the lives of citizens better but, rather, to accumulate power at the expense of citizens.

Not sure about that? Ask yourself, how many government agencies have put themselves out of a job because they succeeded? There're a few that technology left behind, like the Steamboat Inspection Service; others that served their purpose, like the Defense Homes Corporation; while others were merged into other agencies like the General Land Office, subsumed into the Department of Interior.

According to the Federal Register, the federal government has 457 different agencies.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2018, American students ranked 15th in the world for reading literacy, 18th in science, and 37th in math! Of all of the things that drive a society to prosperity, particularly in today's technologically advanced world, education is easily one of the most important and, on that score, government has failed miserably, spectacularly, and perpetually.

If the actual goal was to educate students, government would give that money to parents in the form of vouchers to kickstart a private / charter school revolution.

That's not the goal.... The government spends $30 trillion over half a century and reduces poverty by 1%. The government spends more on education than virtually every nation on the planet yet 85% of the students in its biggest school districts fail basic reading and math, the building blocks for success in our dynamic society.

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