Serfing U.S.A.
Posted on January 14th, 2010 by Admin
Americans are conditioned to lick the hand that beats them.
American Conservative Magazine
February 2010
TAKE A SIMPLE PROPOSITION: anything government messes with gets messed up worse. This was the basic insight of Philadelphia, briefly revived by Ronald Reagan. Pollster Scott Rasmussen finds that by a 2-1 margin, American voters agree that no matter how bad things are, Congress can always make them worse. Go around the globe and ask whether anyone believes that government works. You will hear yes only from folk who stand to gain from the state—contractors, pensioners, bureaucrats, and officeholders.