why do people choose the wrong government most of the time?
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Lethargy, mostly.\n\n"If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention," so says a popular bumper sticker.\n\nWhether we see it as a fundamental ailment or mere symptom, most people are largely ignorannt of political reality. Americans still believe they are free because they can vote. There is a bipartisan illusion that democracy is liberty itself and that state power is non-aggressive if checked every few years by majority vote; delusions. There will always be power-hungry people who wish to control. Most countries do not have a powerful Constitution like ours, designed to limit big gov't, and we have not protected ours, or enforced it, and it is back under dirty glass, hidden, unused. Have you even read it? It's only two or three pages, but most people don't know what it says. That is our only protector against the real evil: those that want to rule in a coherent force. What our forefathers designed is absent, and what they feared has happened. That is why you fear gov't.\n\nBut ignorance and fear do not a prudent democracy make. We do not vote for our Masters, who then obtain near absolute power. Instead of seeking representatives to safeguard our rights, people now seek strong leaders or saviors to redeem their lives and protect them from all harm. \n\nNobody is policing our government. We've lost interest, are lethargic, and want someone else to take care of running gov't for them. It is an end to the rights of the self-governed, when the self-governed won't govern themselves, or obtain real knowledge; not just media information. To become informed, involved, and really concerned takes effort, time, and the will to act.
928466
prolly for the same reason Americans have to deal with a bad government.  Because the citizens don't have the balls to stand up for their  rights and change it.
908891
Too great a volume of decisions to be made.\n\nThe fact is that most people don't even put in the effort to choose their leaders wisely, so how could they be counted upon to make wise policy decisions, which would require even more effort?
533835
TN has a tradition of changing govts. every 5 yrs. & they have lived 2 their reputation this tme also. \nAs for wrong people, all politicians r the same.
374872
I think it has to do with the leadership. Some leaders are only interested in keeping all the power and money for themselves and don't help the nation.
430708
Because were letting our government run everything and a countries people are viewed by those who lead them. Not the people as a whole.
1090747
Politicians don't make decisions based on how much tax they will collect. They make decisions based on what will help them get reelected.
866011
What you want is what everyone in the U.S. wants.  I'm a democrat who works her butt off and feel that people on welfare for generations is just absolutely robbery.  I care about peoples rights in the U.S. because that is why the U.S. was started so they could practice freedom of religion without fear of persecution.  I want a government that makes decisions based on the good of everyone not just the good for their pockets.  The reason we label ourselves with a party is because we feel that one party or the other will attain those items more successfully than the other.  I think most people are right down the middle the problem with our government is there is no down the middle views everythings is either too far right or too far left leaving no compromising and finding solutions thta 1/2 of the country will not be happy with.  So you are on the U.S. Team that wants a more successful, honest, rational government.  As do I.  If i'm wrong then i'm sorry i couldn't answer your question.
71715
It is about choice.  How do people makes choices due to the scarity of resources.
1033141
The trouble with the people of this country is they vote to get party's out - not in. So all they do is swap something that they hate for something they don't really care about and then moan when what they don't care about turns out to be something they hate.
1100854
Another hard question.  Probably due to their shared belief that socialism isn't an appropriate method of government.  I believe many who feel this way have confused socialism and communism, which are distinctly different.\n\nLets make it simple by using a stereotypical example:  The average conservative is likely invested in, let's say, pharmeceutical companies.  If we socialize prescription drugs (because every citizen will need them at some time), the government will want to negotiate a "fair" price since our tax money will foot the bill.  This will cause the pharm invested conservative to receive a much smaller payback from his investment.  A simple matter of greed in this case.
973287
Because the government is hypocritical.
469105
The more liberty, the better.  Government should intrude on people's lives as little as possible.  Conservatives claim to be for that, but in practice they aren't; they want to regulate so-called morality, enforce so-called patriotism, interject their personal religion into other people's lives, and all sorts of things that make libertarians roll their eyes.
52261
I trust the national government!\n\nI trust them to infringe on my rights, squander money, resist change until the crisis has happened, worry more about how their plans sound than whether it is really the correct course of action, pretend to accomplish stuff, lie to the people, claim to be representing the people when they represent the 25% or so of the adult population that actually bothered to vote for them, and care more about their career than the people of their nation and the world.\nis that enough trust? lol.\nlocal government is more trustworthy than federal government i think, because on the local level there is less money and power involved, the politicians have more difficulty hiding misdoings since they are personally involved with their constituents, the politicians must answer directly to the people, and there are fewer scapegoats available when things go wrong.  On the national level i think the whole system is inherently corrupt, for the opposites of the reasons why local is more trustworthy.
928791
Because government people think they can do what they want, and usually do.
917436
I dont want either party to decide for me. I want them to do their job and protect me.  I can decide for my self thanks.  And when you make decisions for other groups that effects me that is wrong too.  I dont want to pay for your ineptness to take care of your self.  thats why I work look it up its a novel concept.
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It is a phenomenon called bureaucratic dysfunction. It doesn't just happen in the United States. It happens everywhere in the world. The purpose of government is to demonstrate why it is right and just for government to keep on governing. \n\nIt has been going on forever. Machiavelli railed about it in the late 1400's in Italy. That was back in the days when the DiMedici's and the Borghia's were in a virtual civil war in Italy. \n\nI personally think that people get a little weird about big government. It is a lot better for government to be big than small in SOME but not ALL cases. \n\nTaxes are oftentimes lower in big governments because governments develop infrastructure. In countries where there is no infrastructure, like Third World countries, more people get killed by all the things infrastructure protects them against. \n\nIn the United States, people can travel freely from one part of the country to the other. In third world countries, the lack of roads and access is what also causes famine, civil wars, deaths due to natural disasters. Phasing out the Highway Department would mean that people couldn't move freely, that goods and services couldn't travel freely, thereby creating shortages. \n\nIf you phased out politicians jobs, there would be no infrastructure for conflict resolution. If you phased out the health department, there would be no infrastructure for health care. And there would be no infrastructure for resolving health care issues like Medicare Part D, or health insurance. \n\nIf you want to hate government, you have a right to do that. But it is necessary, if for no other reason than to protect and maintain the infrastructure that protects us from being a third world country.