I recall when a local TV station was running a feature with the evening news called "It's Your Money" and it was always about government waste, or perceived waste, like research into things that seemed weird without knowing the context. Never a word of praise or examination of the vast web of services we take for granted because they are…
I recall when a local TV station was running a feature with the evening news called "It's Your Money" and it was always about government waste, or perceived waste, like research into things that seemed weird without knowing the context. Never a word of praise or examination of the vast web of services we take for granted because they are part of (our) life. There have been a lot of such outlets for excoriating government, virtually always one sided. I recall Bush the Elder on national TV claiming it was "outrageous" that tax money went to measuring the methane output of livestock. I saw that lampooned in the newspaper as well. Never mind that methane is a potent "greenhouse gas", and yes. animal agriculture releases a LOT of it.
Yet, if we fancy, as we are (or were) taught in school, a " government of the people, by the people, for the people"; if such a government sucks, who is blame? And if it's not "the people", why not?
I recall when a local TV station was running a feature with the evening news called "It's Your Money" and it was always about government waste, or perceived waste, like research into things that seemed weird without knowing the context. Never a word of praise or examination of the vast web of services we take for granted because they are part of (our) life. There have been a lot of such outlets for excoriating government, virtually always one sided. I recall Bush the Elder on national TV claiming it was "outrageous" that tax money went to measuring the methane output of livestock. I saw that lampooned in the newspaper as well. Never mind that methane is a potent "greenhouse gas", and yes. animal agriculture releases a LOT of it.
Yet, if we fancy, as we are (or were) taught in school, a " government of the people, by the people, for the people"; if such a government sucks, who is blame? And if it's not "the people", why not?