That is NOT a partnership... That's involuntary servitude, dude!!!
Government, when stripped down to it's basic essence in nothing but pure FORCE!!! It therefore cannot be your "friend" or "partner!"
Of course I'm not saying anything you all didn't understand already!!! (even if you are all 5th columnists)(snort!)
Just a thought:
"My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it... People need somebody to watch over them...
Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave."
Arnold Schwarzenegger, U.S. News & World Report, November 26, 1990