It is one of the great tragedies of the US, that most learn most of what they know about the government from the government.

Government aid programs have been endlessly expanded, and the government has sought to maximize the number of people willing to accept handouts..... Roughly half of all Americans are dependent on the government, either for handouts, pensions, or paychecks.

Once a person becomes a government dependent, his moral standing to resist the expansion of government power is fatally compromised.

America needs fewer laws, not more prisons.

Freedom is whatever the president says it is, pending revision.

The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.

Politicians nowadays treat Americans like medical orderlies treat Alzheimer's patients, telling them anything that will keep them subdued. It doesn't matter what untruths the people are fed because they will not long remember. But in politics, forgotten falsehoods almost guarantee new treachery.