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Originally Posted by theking
The pertinent keywords you used are "No simple answers." This not only applies to government but much of life in general.
Many...if not most...issues addressed by government are complex and are delt with...not in a perfect way...but in a compromising/imperfect way and certainly has never been applauded by all.
As someone once said...throughout our history we have managed to survive government...and I fully expect this trend to continue for the foreseeable future.
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I agree. Compromise should be the goal of politics. To come to resolution through agreements rather than revolution. I think a healthy point-of-view is to realize that the world will never be the way one wants it. Sometimes it will become a little more like you want it. At other times it will become less so. The question I ask myself is "it good enough"? My answer is firmly "yes". Is America better today than it was in 1950? I strongly believe it is better. Do we have more or less freedoms? I believe more over all. What occupies the airwaves and newstands today would have been impossible in 1950. Of course there is a segment of society from whom there is a backlash. It is always that way. Well, some freedoms advance and some retract. You can't smoke in restaurants in many states and you have to wear a seatbelt when you drive. Draconian!
That is a funny quote. Who said it? Sounds like something Twain would say.