In these days of 'shrink the government', I take the opposite point of view.

BIGGER IS BETTER from where I stand. Over the years great things have come from big government.

The New Deal
The Great Society
The New Frontier (space exploration with tll it's spinoffs)
The National Endowments For The Arts, Humanities etc.
Social programs to help ill and down people.

And so many more great programs to help the people of the U.S.A. in the constant fight that seemingly must be waged against the abuse of corporate power.

These have NOT cost too much. No, these fine programs would've been inexpensive at three times the cost. And they have allowed so many good people to find alternative ways to make their ways through this world without joining the ranks of the Capitalists whose main job seems to be monetary growth just for growth's sake. To me, that is and always will be the ideology of a cancer cell.

Art Thieme