The US Government is honest and sincerely has the best interests of the people at heart...  TRUE or FALSE?
341306
They sure made that clear with Hurricane Katrina, and the aftermath that this present Conservative Administration doesn't care for everybody in America. They wont even allow the displaced victims of the Hurricane to vote on issues concerning New Orleans, and they are property holders. FEMA sent out letters to victims, over 50,000 of them to return the victim relief money. Selling the ports deal to OPEC wasn't for Americas best interest. Drilling oil in Alaska with the Global warming issue isn't in the best interest of America. 12 million illegal immigrants (WALKING) across the Southern boarder, and with the 1/2 people protest wasn't helping America very much. Not taxing the Latino's, and allowing the employers to break laws without fining or convicting them of their crimes didn't very much for alot of communities in America. Not having some sort of regulation on utility costs and gasoline has destroyed alot of family's in America. Playing the fear card on America and inciting violence wasn't very nice either. Not following through and finding Osama Bin Laden, left the American people not believing the current administration about their true motives with Americans. And it goes on and on. This present government needs to step down and allow America to enjoy our freedoms again.
701079
No.  That's part of the reasoning behind the pres only being an American citizen.  You can never fully trust that a person who has dual alliances is going to look out for your best interest if a conflict of interest arises.
182718
as for the benozodiazepines and medicare part d section of this question i can not answer, but do I think the government really cares about (us) the people then the answer is a big NO.
1112875
Heroes is right. Thank you for supporting our laws. And for doing what our government will not. And yes you have purpose-a very good one.
831356
The will of the people and whats in there best intrest.
532901
The US IS a Republic!
222331
Pro: They each ensure our liberty and civil rights, as well as protecting us from the abuses of the government and those who would abuse governmental powers.\ncon: They make it hard,but not impossible, for the government to do the hell whatever they please.
486095
Yes, because many great Americans have sacraficed personal freedom and thier brave lives for these devine principles, the good that we stand for.I still get tears  when I hear this pledge.
161792
I wouldn't quote exact figures, but I'd say a lot of people would say "honesty is the best policy."  However, no one can be 100% honest all the time.  Think about all the white lies we all tell to spare someone's feelings or to get out of an uncomfortable situation...
226383
No I do not agree with Adam Smith; I believe the government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. These three are important general “duties” they do not even compare to the broad spectrum of duties that are needed to truly govern a country. A government is for the people. It does not only have three duties yes they maybe important but there is more to a government than just those three duties. A government protects people, makes everyone feel equal; try’s to satisfy every person living in that place. A government does not just want to be satisfied with what it has it want s to succeed, it doesn’t want to be mediocre it wants to be the best. If the government only had those three duties it would not be a very good government there would be chaos every where.
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The questioning of a government should never be considered disloyal and I feel sorry for the majority of the people in this world who currently are or have in the past had to live in those kind of governments.  To question things is one of the most basic human insticts and should not be feared.
5516
Absolutely NOT!!!  Your statement, 'Many parties tend to keep each other honest, and would represent all levels of society.' is a the most accurate assesment of what is TRUE DEMOCRACY!!!
1104742
Your question is predicated on the assumption that there is a clear and accepted definition of what our 'best interests' are.  This poses a difficult challenge since opinions and priorities change.  Therefore, it may be easier to define what's not in our best interest.  Perhaps this is will be easier to achieve and agree upon.\n\nThe President took an oath to 'defend the constitution against all enemies..foreign and domestic'.  Falsely linking the 9/11 attacks to Iraq as an excuse to invade, diminished this oath as well as the office.  Definitely not in our best interest!\n\nVirtually the entire world was on our side after 9/11.  However, providing the world community with unsubstantiated intelligence, misleading and false threats, etc., as justification for war, have hurt us rather than helped.  Jeopardizing our friendships and destroying our credibility amongst the world community is definitely not in our best interest!\n\nCreating more antipathy towards the U.S. from abroad is not in our best interest!\n\nAn arrogance from elected officials that ignores the wisdom and advice from military experts/professionals..not in our best interest!\n\nRedirecting our efforts from finding Bin Laden in order to invade Iraq...Nope. Definitely not in our best interest!\n\nNation building is not our business; we're not good at it!  Trying to do so is not in our best interest.\n\nFinally, a war without any justification, which to date has resulted in the death of almost 2500 of our brave men and women in uniform is, DEFINITELY NOT IN OUR BEST INTEREST!\n\nShowing up at the polls in November is the best way we can achieve and protect our best interests as a nation.
508480
When compared to all of the rest of the world. I am proud to say, a day after honoring on Memorial Day, those who gave their lives so we could be free...Thank God for the genius of the Founding Fathers and for everything the United States of America stands for.\n\nThe American government, with all its faults and shortcomings is the greatest nation that has ever existed. With the opportunity the American government affords each and every American, it just doesn't get any better.\n\nThe key word in America is opportunity, not oppression.
230531
It's all propaganda, of course people from the U.S. think that, just like people from North Korea think they are. The media, movies, books, politics, everything in our everyday lives tell us the U.S. is the greatest country ever, therefore we believe it. Is it true? I couldn't tell ya for sure. But I believe so...
816488
Bush is as honest as a politician can be, he does what he says and says what he does eventually. He believes in his vision and stands firm, that says something. many might disagree with the way the Iraq war is going but you got to admit he has done a lot of good. economy is very strong, unemployment is at record lows, stock market is soaring, but his immigration policies well to be blunt they s u c k big time. but who's perfect.
133942
I am going to leave this question open ended.  I was going to say that what makes this country so great is that it enables us the ability to speak up and tell our elected officials what is wrong and that something needs to be fixed.  However I can see a minor encroachment on our civil liberties when it comes to our National Security.  I do not believe that any of our rights should be take away, but I believe that we live in different times now.  It is sort of an unfortunate thing.