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A study by Princeton and Northwestern universities shows that a small group of elite have control over the general population and the government only supports the rich and powerful while the masses have no say whatsoever. The 42 page report concludes "we believe that if policymaking is dominated by powerful business organizations and a small number of affluent Americans, then America's claims to being a democratic society are seriously threatened."
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Study Concludes USA is an Oligarchy
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TOO BAD YOU CAN'T BUY a voodoo globe so that you could make the earth spin
real fast and freak everybody out.
-- Jack Handey, The New Mexican, 1988.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Sir Garlon on Thursday April 17 2014, @12:34PM
I agree with everything you said, up until you said the government is "solving problems." ;-)
Seriously. I don't see the role of government as solving problems, though it sometimes does that (polio vaccine springs to mind). In my opinion, government's purpose is to manage public resources: public lands, public funds, radio spectrum, water resources, etc. Unlike solving a particular problem, that's a job that can never be completed.
[Sir Garlon] is the marvellest knight that is now living, for he destroyeth many good knights, for he goeth invisible.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Geezer on Thursday April 17 2014, @01:06PM
One of the most ambitious government problem-solvers of all time, FDR, supported a private charity (the original March of Dimes) to solve that particular problem.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 17 2014, @07:48PM
The Salk vaccine that finally whipped polio wasn't available until 1953, 8 years after FDR died.
FDR had a giant influence on the national economy when he put 15 million Americans on the public payroll after THE PRIVATE SECTOR HAD BEEN ROLLED UP IN THE FETAL POSITION FOR 4 YEARS.
If it wasn't for his following the instructions of John Maynard Keynes, it is unlikely that "The Arsenal of Democracy" would have been economically strong enough to have supplied The Allies at a time when The Axis was overrunning the globe.
-- gewg_
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday April 17 2014, @01:23PM
Oblig. demotivator [despair.com]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford