No. The government is supposed to be made up of representatives, not each and everyone of us.
Oh please. Let's split hairs why don't we.
It's supposed to be a Govt "FOR THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE".
Don't even argue with me on this.
In reality Johnson’s Great Society and the War on Poverty have done more to increase poverty, break the backbone of the family, create a permanent underclass that any action in history short of the Fall of Rome.
All the wailing and crying about incarceration rates of young black men can be placed right at the WOP’s feet.
God created the family with Mom, Dad and children to be at the center of his first covenant.
WOP made it Mom, many transient sperm donors and a bunch of half siblings and Government.
A society is only as strong as it’s families and the government has done everything fiendishly possible to undermine both the stability and the authority of the family.
Direct transfers of money to individuals with government acting as Robin Hood is the least efficient means to deal with poverty.
Look at the difference between the citizens after the Great Chicago fire and the Katrina in NO.
It’s the difference between free men and women and slaves...
I only split it because your argument hangs from it. Without the logical equivalence of "government" and "people", your left with the losing proposition of arguing that federal programs work better then private charity.
So I'm not surprised you object to the distinction.