Cloned Slipperential?

[BrianG]

Wow, a little off-topic here, but I'm gonna add a little more of my $0.02. It is VERY difficult to change the gov't because:

1) Everyone has a different idea of what "better" means. Some people are content to have the gov't take care of them with no thought or work needed on their part. While others want to work and make a better life for themselves and their family with minimal gov't intrusion.

2) The constant bickering between Repubs and Dems ensure accomplishments results in a net gain of 0. This is especially true when the administration is split pretty evenly.

3) When one political party becomes dominant in the administration, they spend 90% of their time undoing what the previous administration did and trying to implement their own agenda - only to have it reversed again during the next administration. Again, net gain 0.

4) As you said, gov't is too big. It's like trying to get a locomotive to stop from full speed and reverse direction in 30 seconds. The movie Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy makes me laugh bitterly every time I see it because those hideous looking species (the name escapes me ATM) are a perfect representation of our gov't.