[pleikumud]

Presidents from both parties seem to lose touch with the concept of individual responsibility (as opposed to socialist collectivism) and begin to think they were appointed savior of the world, not just president of this free-market republic.

[kilohertz]

Presidents from both parties seem to lose touch with the concept of individual responsibility (as opposed to socialist collectivism) and begin to think they were appointed savior of the world, not just president of this free-market republic.

Yup ... and they seem to lose the notion that the common wealth of the United States (i.e. tax revenue) is supposed to be spent for the benefit of the United States, not in random do-gooder-ism around the world. That's what charities are for.