Government isn't supposed to be "cool," or hip, or rad, or even fun. Government should be an industry that people do not want to go into to make a lot of money or to hang out with beautiful people or to have a great time at the taxpayer's expense. The government's job should be to stay the hell out of our lives as much as physically possible, to take as little of our hard-earned money as possible while still maintaining an overwhelming military presence in the world, and otherwise to just shut the hell up and sit back and let the country run itself on a state or local level."Our campaign from the beginning has been about changing government," he said, recalling some great accomplishments of American government: Civil rights legislation, the interstate highway system, and the National Park system.
Obama would, he said, "transform Washington" and "make government cool again."
I'm very very scared what will happen if Obama is elected in November. I'm at an age where I'm realizing how tight the margin can be between earning a living wage and struggling from paycheck to paycheck. Quite often, the difference is how much the government decides to steal in taxes. I'm trying to save to buy a house, so that my family can have a decent place in which to grow up, so that I'm not renting for the rest of my life. The difference between that happening or not happening could quite well be whether or not the government decides to stop bailing out people who live irresponsibly beyond their means, and yet get to own homes anyway. If Obama is elected, the size of government will multiply many times, and there will be no going back. Granted, if McCain wins, it won't be much better, but at least his victory would put Sarah Palin and a new generation of Republicans in a position to take the reins in 2012.
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