[Alberta's Child]

But I think the point is that politicians ought to at least try to formulate a national policy of developing competent adults in this country.

You just hit on the problem right there. And I find it disturbing to read something like this on a website like FreeRepublic.

The last thing this country needs is another "national policy" of any kind. It's not the job of the government (i.e., the TAXPAYERS) to develop competent adults. If people and families can't do this themselves, then they should be sterilized or sent to live in a penal colony.

The only national policy we need is one that rewards success and punishes failure. Anything else is just bureaucratic bullsh!t and isn't going to accomplish anything.

[ClearCase_guy]

Perhaps I should have chosen my words more carefully. Or perhaps you are a little twitchy about terms.

I think government actively hurts our society. Pretty much everything the government does these days hurts families, communities and businesses.

What I want politicians to do is to do less of all of that. Their laws and regulations and social engineering mess everything up.

A return to limited government seems to me to be a decent national policy, but I guess that's a loaded term.