State of the Union
Jun 21st, 2006 at 7:19 am by Susie
It seems to me there is a direct connection between the Republicans’ inability to run anything governmental (”Heckuva job, Brownie”) and the fact that they don’t believe in government. The simplest purposes of government have long been defined for us — to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. It is, or should be, a benign enterprise, making life better for citizens.
I carry no special brief for government — many years of studying the Texas Legislature will disenchant anyone. But if you are put in charge of government, the least you can do is run it well. Bill Clinton took government seriously — he was interested in how to make it work better, interested in government policy. Clinton declared the era of Big Government over and indeed pruned the federal structure and finished with a surplus. Bush is giving us fat, bloated, inefficient, corrupt government, all of it running on a huge deficit — not counting the expense and growing body count in Iraq.
As the man said — “2,500 is just a number.”
