
And what do we get for all that money? Crumbling infrastructure. Pork over productivity. Ineffective disaster response. And above all these days, war without end.
I'm not a fan of corporate media these days, but I greatly sympathize with Thomas Jefferson's sentiment: "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." Substitute bloggers for newspapers, and I think you have a passable 21st Century update.
I still have my tax returns... too bad they're not a receipt, so I can demand a refund. Consider that the next time you compare the public and private sectors.
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