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There is an element of truth in what you purport but how was the government responsible for the counter culture revolution of the 60s and 70s, skyrocketing abortion, and the increasing degradation of societal mores and customs as indulged by the media and culture?

Yes, the Great Society and other earlier transfer programs hurt but also the Doppler Effect from the 60s implosion. The Boomers (like me) who bought into all that garbage and rebelled did so because they had the time and money and leisure to do so. Perhaps the first American youth generation with the "liberty" to embrace irresponsibility, and we're now reaping the aftereffects...and it's not pretty. I'm afraid some of this was simply fate and demographics. Problem is...how do we fix it? As you can tell from this thread some folks want to fix the problem and some want to fix the cure and some think there is no problem and hence no cure for that matter.

As you can tell from this thread some folks want to fix the problem and some want to fix the cure and some think there is no problem and hence no cure for that matter.

Still other want to spend eternity pounding away at the symptoms, while willfully ignoring the problem.

"How do we fix it?"

I think Jim Robinson has as good an answer as anyone with the Free Republic mission statement.

The answer is to return the Federal government to its constitutionally mandated functions and let each State deal with domestic issues, in accordance with the Tenth Amendment.

Those States that pursue destructive policies will be seen for the failures they are, while those States that govern wisely will thrive and their ideas will spread.

I believe this would have a beneficial effect on the drug problem as well as other domestic problems.