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Originally Posted by purecane
wow....mark, i'm gonna give you a pass on this one, because i really can't believe this response....
1. protects MY freedom? when was the last time anyone actually came to this country and threatened OUR freedom? this government does nothing but infringe on other peoples freedoms daily.
2. educates who? those that can afford an ivy league education. the rest get lied to with everything from "christopher columbus discovered america" to "god made the earth and all the creatures on it in seven days"
3. our roads, bridges and infrastructure was a great accomplishment sixty years ago. how did all those people live without pavement, sewers, and electricity?
4. health care, yeah, every person on this planet died a horrible death because they couldn't get an hmo, ppo, or fucking blue cross.
5. seriously? the fucking internet and telephones..........yep, Alexander Graham Bell got a huge government subsidy so he could introduce communication to the world.
6.space?????? i'm not sure i follow your logic on that one, but how has space exploration helped your life?.....and last time i checked, nasa was bankrupt and the space program is gone.
no hard feelings, etc etc etc etc etc.....you get the point.
and BTW, i hit you up on skype a while ago.
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Yo....
I get your point, but still. I'm not just talking about America, but Canada too. We're allowed to say and do just about anything we want. We have freedom of speech, freedom to carry guns, freedom to love and marry who we want, to vote, etc. Education is in a bad state but it can be fixed. Maybe the US health care system is weird but Canada and other countries have it free.
The Internet was invented by the government's DARPA. NASA is funded by the government (and no they're not bankrupt. They closed the shuttle program sure but the also sent robots to Mars, satelights to study the sun and planets. And let's not forget the moon missions, the Voyager crafts, etc. I was answering someone's "Why do we need government" question.
I don't see you on Skype, sorry - are you sure it was me you hit up? "markfrom2much".