We either get used to the government jammed up our asses in every conceivable way, or we fight back. It is not going to get better unless we fight back hard. The costs and scope and scale of government only goes in one direction -- to more costs, more regulations, more intrusions, more control.
It will take a revolution to get us back to where we are masters of government, and not the other way around.
I met an elderly gentleman recently and through the course of our conversation found out he was a retired business man. He started a local landfill after World War 2 with little initial capital and later built a golf course. ( Not on the same property. lol)
Anyway, he essentially told me that the landfill was very profitable until the last decade or so until government regulations started intruding into every aspect of the business. He had to grease the skids of local politicians just to stay open. Same with his golf course. He sold both businesses and retired as life became just too troublesome and not very profitable anymore.
What struck me most is his comment that both of his businesses could not be started today by someone with the same means as he in the 1940’s. He told me it would take millions in just lawyers fees just to move ahead.
Think about this. No more American Dream!