How Do We Know If Our Government Is Corrupt And Incompetent?
Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart “All governments are bad, some are just worse than others.” This quote originated from Michael Ratner, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights. But its content was first espoused when our country was born. Thomas Paine (1776): In his foundational pamphlet Common Sense, Paine famously laid the philosophical groundwork for this sentiment by writing, "Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one..." Unfortunately, America’s federal government proves both men’s observations and allegations. Those who serve in Washington today are moving our nation backwards into the times when racism, bigotry, hatred, anger, and violence were acceptable and human rights and equality for all did not exist. I believe that incompetent governments fail to solve serious problems when the solutions are obvious, easily solved, and yet ignored because they are of no value to t...