Good luck with that.
The most unpopular message in the world is "Your government is not your nanny. Take care of your own problems."
Politicians who say that either never get elected or are thrown out.
Government IS a pig trough of money right now and the people know it. They have concluded it is just a matter of demanding your own piece of the action from the politicians. (There is so much gubmint money there, there must be some for ME!)
In fact, people have decided they are suckers if they don't try to get some of that "free" money.
I heard an employee at Radio Shack the other day tell a customer to get his $40 voucher from the federal gubmint to help purchase his digital converter for his TV.
What the hell is the federal gubmint doing giving people vouchers to upgrade their TV sets?
Why don't the politicans just promise to buy new digital, high definition TV's for everyone?
That will be next.
It's amazing, isn't it? People will bitch and moan about the money we spent in Iraq but never complain about the trillion dollar budget we have.
I see it with the people I work with. They BELIEVE in higher taxes. Well, for rich people and corporations.
Then they complain when the rich take their corporations to China.
Yeah I like Gubmint money too... Mine is called a tax break...