Are you happy or unhappy with the level of government intervention in your country? (36)
Jaysus. Our government are just downright incompetent. Everyday we lose jobs or hear about skullduggery which although legal is highly immoral and nobody seems to be answerable.
So they're too busy looking after themselves to interfere with us minions!
So they're too busy looking after themselves to interfere with us minions!
AmericanGardener: I'd have to go with number 2 too. The politicians here don't care what any of the citizens say. They are only in it for the money. And of course they need the money in order to run for elections. That's what is wrong with this country is the way they raise billions of dollars from special interest groups in order to pay for all that TV ad time. Then they are beholding to those special interest groups and they do the bidding for them and nothing to do with the people. The public vote is just a sham anyways.. they only come out and lie to us every time they are running for office. Then the rest of the time they completely ignore the people. So, yeah there is too much government involvement in our daily lives. They don't care one bit about the constitution. If they stuck to just the powers afforded them under the constitution we wouldn't have any of this social security mess... none of the medicaid and medicare fraud... and them making laws telling us what we have to wear on our heads when we go biking or skiing, and what we can take for medicine and when we can talk on the phone. There is far too much illegal government involvement in the citizens lives here. I say illegal because they don't have the constitutional authority to make any of those laws.
This country is a joke. It's not even close to being a democracy.
Last time I checked,you were a Republic!This country is a joke. It's not even close to being a democracy.
Conrad73: Last time I checked,you were a Republic!
Ok.. i think you might be right about that. But, we are supposed to practice democracy aren't we? And what we do in our government isn't at all democratic. More like those with the money and power making the rules for those without the money and power. And i don't mean as representatives of the people. I mean as in the politicians are bought and paid for by special interests and corporate monopolies.
AmericanGardener: Ok.. i think you might be right about that. But, we are supposed to practice democracy aren't we? And what we do in our government isn't at all democratic. More like those with the money and power making the rules for those without the money and power. And i don't mean as representatives of the people. I mean as in the politicians are bought and paid for by special interests and corporate monopolies.
So you'd like Democratic Mob-Rule?
Ambrose2007: I'm just curious about how people in various countries view the current level of government power in their societies.
I'd vote 2).
I'd vote 2).
It's called Democracy, you will never get exactly what you want but look at the alternatives?
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This country is a joke. It's not even close to being a democracy.
post...We ARE free to say what we want!!!!BUT you better be
ready to DO what THEY say...