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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I disgaree. If you view things over the long term, its clear the status quo remains. Thats all checks and balances were designed to do.
People seem to expect the govt to create results. That is not what the Founders intended at all. Thats what Marx intended. The Govt is merely the manager of the basic infrastructure of rules that govern society. Viewing it as an agent of change which should proactively tinker in peoples' lives is missing the whole point of what our Republic is about.
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I think there's a difference between moderating government action and creating gridlock that impedes progress.
