forsyth | Y'know...

For people who don't trust the government to mail out welfare checks or regulate businesses, Republicans are sure quick to vote the government power to snoop on citizens, detain people without charges or trials, and torture people. Maybe it's just me, but I'm slightly more threatened by the government's ability to lock people up without evidence than I am by the government's ability to make companies clean up their acts. That somehow seems a little bit more serious and more ripe for abuse. Same with war. If you don't think the government is competent enough to run trains, why on EARTH would you think the same government is competent enough to bomb the everliving shit out of people?

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