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This is what I think about government in general. People complain about it but we live in country (if in US) where most stuff works, most stuff is safe. We don't have ferry disasters, we don't have serious virus outbreaks, the power almost never goes out, and the water is drinkable. This is because people work everyday to keep this up.


To be fair, nobody really complains about the CDC or the local water treatment plant, and none of that stuff consumes an inordinate amount of tax dollars.

Most of the things people complain about are at least nominally legitimate. We spend too much money on healthcare (and thus medicare), and too much money on the military, and in consequence the taxes on the middle 80% are too high. The Department of Education micromanages local schools excessively. There is too much bureaucracy in general. These are legitimate complaints.


I don't disagree there is waste. I would say there are people who complain about non military spending though.


They might not complain about them, but they do take them for granted.




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