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No I am always wary of a large government with too much authority. The way in which they can deprive you of your rigths goes beyond silencing speech.

The IRS can take away your home or lively hood for a missed tax deduction. The DEA can seize your property and money by declaring it drug profits.

They don’t even have to have a court order or proof of how much was supposedly made. If you are caught with a certain ammount of a drug they can take everything you own.

So I don’t trust government. This is why I believe a small gov’t with fewer agencies and powers, and less taxes. The less power given over to government gives less oppertunity for abuse. No system is perfect and can prevent abuse of power.

Any Government can be tyranical if it’s leader has the oppertunity to abuse power with no srutiny. I would never trust a politician or party either will be tempted to misuse powers of an office. Humans enjoy great power even if we know we can’t handle the responsiblity. I trust our Constitution and it’s wisdom.

The founders never said this will prevent any abuse of power. They knew this can’t be prevented. They did create a form of governent to allow speration of powers along with checks and balances to prevent abuses.

They also allowed each branch of the gov’t to be able to overide another to prevent tyranny by any one branch. These and the ability to correct or amend our laws allows us to correct mistakes and prevent others. SO I trust our Constitution.

When the system works properly abuses are exposed. This is why I fear an Obama administration. He would have no checks and balances to his authority. In addition to a media unwilling to do tell the public anything about the man.

Putting a man whose past is unknown into this position is dangerous. Even if he didn’t intend to abuse his powers, I’m afraid he will give in to temptation in order to fix an “unjust” system.

Abusing power to fix past abuses is not an answer. Even the best of men will be tempted by unchecked power.