Quote:While I gotta admire your tenacity in sticking to the "government IS the problem!" doctrine from the Reagan era, I completely disagree.

From Reagan's perspective and what he was saying, it still stands true.  Government can do wonderful things if not for the bureaucracy that comes with and government's inability to know when to let go.


The post office was created by the US Constitution.  It's much better now than it used to be.

Of coarse it is, how hard is it to improve with today's technology compared to the pony express?  The question today is, is the post office self sustaining and is it still relevant?  No to the 1st question and perhaps to the 2nd but only if they change how they do business.


DMVs are hit and miss, and are a local nuisance or benefit.  In my county, they contract out the service to a private provider, and they suck worse than the government-run centers.

The problem with a government run institution like the DMV is two fold.  One they have no competition therefore no incentive to provide better service.  Two, you can't get rid of non productive employees easily.


NASA, since it's inception and before it was neutered by funding cuts, has consistently yielded outrageously profitable tech improvements for not just the government, but the entire world.  Landing on the moon was cool and all, but satellite communication and the Global Positioning System have permanently changed the way we run our lives.

<b>NASA when it was founded had one goal.  Every single person involved with NASA right down to the janitor working the 3rd shift could tell you what that goal was.  "To get to the moon"  It also at that time was funded by the government and pretty much left alone.  No doubt the discoveries from that bygone era were life altering for the entire planet.  What has NASA done lately though?</b>

And I do find it ironic that the government invention known as "the internet" has provided the ultimate forum for those that would like to see the government eliminated.

You are being overly dramatic here.  Yes the internet has been a tremendous benefit to mankind but it is nothing today like it was initially intended.  This is due to the privatization and the competition that came with it.


I could go on, but the US government has been responsible for so many wondrous and useful things we take for granted in modern life, it would take me all day to catalog.

 

All government ain't evil, y'all.

You are correct, but please refer to my first point.