Oh, yeah... The government has done shit and that's the problem... They continue to give away $30B a year to millionaire agri-businessmen who work from high rise offices... They continue to give away $10B a year to BIG OIL... They are currently giving another $100B to defense contractors to make obsolete military hardware that Republican Robet Gates says he doesn't need or want...

BTW, the House Repubs didn't cut one dollar out of the $60,000,000,000 they cut... Not one dollar!!!

But back to the role of government... Most of the money that goes out goes to Social Security and Medicare, two programs that people have paid and continue to pay into... Problem is that for the last 30 years that money gets raided for wars and other subsidies to millionaires...

Those, in my opinion are worthwhile programs... So is Planned Parenthood... Medicaid is, as well... Without them our poverty artes would be in the 30% for seniors and the world would be looking at US as some 3rd World country...

So, if the Repubs want to pull another bonehead boner like they did in '96 then I'd say that it will be to their detriment...

Some folks here hate the government but these same folks will be lookin' for it to help them when they're in need and no one is left to help...

B~