And the GOP rejoices...

[doc_bean]

It's the old people that get all those fat money from ye olde government, Medicaid, Social Security, and all that. Because they vote; those bloody partisan retirees with too much time in their hands, them.

Don't complain, over half the electorate here seems to be retired and living off of hand-outs. If we don't put an age limit on voting soon this country will be doomed.

[Watchman]

Or for some people this may explain some of it.

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.
H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)

Mr. Mencken apparently flunked History in school.

[Fisherking]

Mr. Mencken apparently flunked History in school.

Well, I don't know about that. It seems like the U.S. started out with a pretty good idea. Its just a shame that it only seems to go down hill.

I think that Franklin and Jefferson might agree with the first part of the statement and the latter seems to be holding its own for now.

But if you have the time why not try!

[Watchman]

Not trying is around the most surefire way to get a crappy governement. And in a democracy (or what by that point used to be one, presumably), well, you reap what you sow.