, 2005-06-15
How much do you trust your government? That's a question that all of us have to ask, perhaps the more often the better. Thomas Jefferson, one of the founders of the United States and its third President, wrote to Abigail Adams in 1787 sentences that may seem incredible to many people today:
Anonymous
The government does not "do things to the best of it's ability". It does whatever it damn well pleases, and that usually involves doing whatever will most directly benefit whoever happens to be in charger of a particular part of it. This often is based on getting re-elected, so...
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