I am very curious? How many people on here belive that the government is for the common people?
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If the government is for the common people, then it would never divide them and would be true to their will alone.\n\nAs it is now, even in America, government divides the people, controls them, and ignores their protests overall.  Sometimes, when the protests are loud enough, it either says, "Shut up!" or it says, "Settle down.  I know you don't like this, but it is for your good.  And if it makes you feel any better, we'll find a scapegoat for us, errr, you."\n\nThe government is for whoever is in power as they advance their own agendas and fight for greater power for themselves as an agent of government, therefore empowering government itself.\n\nI must give you credit in your doubt of government motives, but I hope that you don't go all "conspiracy theory" extreme on us like so many people following your path typically do.  Sure there are secrets, but government doesn't deserve that much credit (for hiding aliens and UFO technology, or conspiring with terrorists for 9/11, etc, etc).
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What's the majority here? I do.....
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A representative government has proven itself to be the best form of government.  No arguing that.  The US also has capitalism going for it.
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I guess you never heard of "love your country, not your government?"\n\nGovernment is a necessary evil, and as far as I am concerned, any 'love' for government is misguided. US citizens, I would hope, should not be blindly supporting our government without understanding the policies set in place by government. It's what I would characterize as a responsibility of US citizens. \n\nI love my country not because of government, but because we can question the policies set by government without fear of jail or death. It's a nice position to be in. Our Constitution limits our government from interfering with these freedoms.\n\nSo, no love for government, only love for country.
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Hey There pingavar, I have a question for you. Don't you think the government has enough control over the people? Have you ever heard the phrase "God helps those who help themselves" ? We are our brothers keepers and as such we should all help one another in each of our needs regardless of the beneficial return to our selves.          \nDid you know that all of the services that the government provides are paid for by our taxes? So, what is the problem with people helping people and leaving the government out of it and letting them do the job of running the country and defending our country. It won't hurt us to use some of our time and resources to help the less fortunate.  God Bless you, and check into the actual functioning of government before you try to lay every thing at their feet.
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The government is run by the people, these days into the ground by liberals. Years ago the people trusted the government to run the country by the laws that were written. Now we look for a problem with whoever is President while letting Congress run amok. Laws are made by Congress not by the sitting President.
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Unfortunately, the following quote couldn't be any truer:\n\n"In a democracy, the people get the government they deserve."\n\nHowever, I see your point, and it's unfortunate that the government officials have to bottom out before the people find the effort to rise up and throw the bums out.
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Yes, some of them are. A government of, by and for the people has been forgotten and it has become a government of, by and for the rich. It has really gone wrong.
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It's actually a form of dictatorship, but the name was chosen strictly for PR value. The name makes it sound like the government actually is for the people.
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the government is supposed to be the channel to the people from their own country to represent their (the people) voices. and the government is supposesdly to guide the people, to unite them, to serve the people to bring out peace in the world.\n\nbut the government system has been deteriorated nowadays, and like you said, it has helped the rich to be more richer and somehow it tends to lose focus on the objectives of the government system itself. and the poorer gets oppressed now and then.\n\nno government is right in this world. we just have to deal with it and live our life by our own rules at the end of the day.
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Your opinion is a popular misconception of how our government is formed, and its function.\n\nThe will of the people do not govern much in the US.  You get to vote.  You can write letters and you can try to influence politicians through campaign contributions.\n\nI do think this is an unpopular war, and I do think that message has been sent.
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The government is (or was) established to protect the rights of the people, not to protect the people. Government is not a scam, even though most of it is a joke. I believe that our country could use a better government, not just locally, but nationally. We as a Nation and a state deserve a better government than we currently have. The government is trying to protect our rights, but we also have private domain (this includes areas of individual life that are of no business to the govt.) We have many freedoms, they just want to protect those rights.
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Democracy is people's government.
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No,My family & friends thinks that our Goverment is a Communist  thier trying to take our gun rights away,take our Freedom of speech, privacy act,  travel rights away they try to tell you where to go and not go, The government has to put there hands in there pocket and try to take Social Security, Medicaid, meals on wheels, and last wishes from children and elderly away. There trying to take hospice and the crippled rights and medicare away. There trying to make where people can't live anymore without family and friends. I know for a fact that this government is only for the rich and that's that. And i know for a fact that the rich people is going to live and there trying to get rid of poor people and that's that. Any young woman make sure before you get married you just know that when there
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My vision is to return the government to a government of the people, by the people and for the people. We live in a great country with so much potential but greed is taking it in its grip, people are so worried about what their neighbor is doing or getting that they forget to watch their own yard. There is very little compassion for others and I would like to see that changed,
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I think our country and our goverment are corrupt, and the country mainly because of the government.The war in Iraq is having a huge effect on today's society, and the fact that a lot of federal funding is being used for a war that i see as huge mistake isn't helping. Taking the federal funding is lowering the funding used on disease control and cancer research. And then all the money going to rebuild New Orleans isn't helping either. Today's society is based off of money and power and eating. Many people's lives revolve around computers and the internet. People wonder why we have an obiesity problem and there's your answer we have to much so close to us. With the internet people don't go gain experience and do research which doesn't help with people's attitudes. America seems to be a corrupt and war based country. We say we're fighting for freedom when really we're trapping ourselves. The more wars we get into the more "national security" we have. We're watched like dogs we no longer truly have freedom because of the  securities we have. Benjamin Franklin once said, and i'm paraphrasing, that those who would give their freedom for security don't deserve freedom or security. And that's the majority of the people in the US today from what i've seen people would gladly be protected and watched then have the freedom that our forefathers fought so valiantly for. This is what i think, i'm not trying to start anything so i hope nobody takes this offensively, I am a US citizen and a republican i'm saying this about my own country, maybe i can open some eyes to what's going on in the US today.
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The government is the representation of the people until the people don't feel they are being represented fairly or appropriately.  Then they cast the bums out hopefully and get folks in there who look, walk, talk similarly to how they do.  Sometimes this system does not work too well.  Like now.  Corruption and lack of a proper watchdog agency combine to create this current ineptitude and criminality.