The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #115233   Message #2469239
Posted By: Uncle_DaveO
18-Oct-08 - 01:18 PM
Thread Name: BS: Mommy, Where Do Lies Come From?
Subject: RE: BS: Mommy, Where Do Lies Come From?
G from S asked,

'WE THE PEOPLE' ARE SUPPOSE TO Be the GOVERNMENT.....RIGHT??????

No, wrong. We, the people, are supposed to be the sources of the power of government. "The government" in a republic is a set of people who are elected to use their abilities and judgment in our behalf. In modern times, with modern communications, it has gradually become more possible (and therefore thought by some to be more desirable) for those representatives to be guided by the shifting desires of the electorate.

Dave Oesterreich