300 million people are going to take a larger force of government workers to be effective--- twice as many, at least, as when there were 150 million people. The USPS is a good example--- did making it smaller make it better? It certainly did not. Our federal government has to change as the needs of the country change. In the 50s, 60s, and 70s, the military side of our government burgeoned to it's present, incredibly huge size, under the (misguided) fear of communist/socialist powers. Now we know we don't need that large a military. THAT's the part of the government we need to cut. Likewise, we, as a country, need to invest more in the citizens that live here. That part of the government has to expand. It's not a choice, it's necessity. If our government is a workable form of government, it has to change as the needs of the country change. If it cannot change according to the needs of its citizenry, it, by definition, is not a workable form of government. It does need to be better--- more efficient, more effective, not necessarily smaller. To expect corpo-communism to take care of the citizenry is to expect the Stalins and Hitlers of the world to take care of peasants and Jews. They have already shown that they are not going to do that. The only entity capable of counteracting such power to keep the masses down as is wielded by the corpo-communists is the federal government. Only the government, at this point in time, can provide a path to self betterment for the poor and working classes. The problem we face is that our government is presently working with those corpo-communists, if not outright under their control. The government should control them, not the other way around, not like it is now.
