Originally Posted by Snake Doctor

This is a good point.

The republican argument goes back to Reagan's famous line "Government isn't the answer to the problem, government is the problem"
So during a republican administration political loyalty is the most important thing when staffing the executive agencies, NOT competence or experience. (Which is why we had the director of the Arabian Horse Association running FEMA, and why we have so many grads of Regent University working in the justice department)
If government does a good job then that ruins their argument that government CAN'T do a good job. So do you think they're really trying?

So should we just get rid of the government or should we demand that competent people run the government?
I vote for the latter.

If my HMO screws me over I have no recourse whatsoever....you're not even allowed to sue them.
If the federal health plan screws me over I can call a congressman, a senator, I can sue...there are lots of things I can do....and if I don't like the way they're running it I can throw them out in two years and get new people in there.