[appeal2]

The defining question of our times.

[cripplecreek]

A lot less government than I have now would be great.

[WayneS]

We need exactly as much government as is necessary to prevent anarchy, and VERY little more.

Sort of like - Oh, I don’t know - the government our Founding Fathers designed and described in the Constitution of the United States of America.

[Sam Gamgee]

I am currently reading “Man vs the State” by Herbert Spencer. If you didn't know the man was writing this in the 1880s I could have sworn it was a contemporary work. He is so spot on about Toryism, liberalism as the New Toryism, and how government control begets more government control.

He contends that while good intentioned people generations ago would have balked at the idea of the state feeding our children in public schools, that their efforts to make education the duty of the government was destined to progress to further government intrusion.

The government educates our children. Then the government feeds them while at school. Then the government wants to babysit them after school. Then the government wants to get our children into early learning programs. And on it goes.