Of government, institutions, and people. Do the quotes above about "parasites" sound historically familiar? Tell me of a time that "people" liked government. Tell me of a person who ever said, "I want to be governed". The Hebrews were a stiff necked lot and people have been so ever since. No one wants to be inconvenienced in order to have transportation safety. Many want the benefits and profit from illegally employing illegal aliens. We will keep stiffing each other for profit until our country and society as we know it seizes to exist. When the people begin to govern themselves as responsible citizen adults the number of parasites will diminish. Until that happens we will need more border patrol, more police, more environmental watchdogs, more Internal Revenue Agents, more prosecutors and more jails etcetera. IN A DEMOCRACY THE GOVERNMENT IS THE PEOPLE.

Tom from Beaver Falls appears to suffer from the malaise that afflicts so many of us. We simply do not want to be governed. When the "parasitic bureaucrats" get the full support of the citizenry by them not hiring illegal aliens, reporting crime, being environmentally helpful, and computing and paying their correct taxes on time we will have a wonderful country. When the citizen gets closer to the idea of "self-government" (doing what is right without government enforcement) the "parasites" will just melt away.

Twain is on target here. So much about politics is not about discusssing policy of the country but about protecting your man. Much now about Iraq seems to be more about being loyal to Bush than being loyal to the country. It has happened before. Napoleon and De Gaulle (and maybe Nixon) all thought they were more important than their countires.