Prager University: The Bigger the Government...

Dennis Prager, nationally syndicated radio talk show host and best-selling author, asks a fascinating and important question: what happens to the citizens of a country when the government gets bigger and bigger?

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[Pomiferous]

@3sierra15 I think the left is obsessed with intent rather than details and results.

[3sierra15]

@NeutralExistence

Sure, I believe that people have rights to all those things. I just don't believe they have a right to have someone else pay for them.

Still waiting for your plan, by they way.

[Euricious]

I always found vacation much more enjoyable and rewarding after a good, successful work period, rather than having a vacation every day without any work (been there, done that ...).

[DeathToChaosGods]

@TrojaSucks Your distinction between north and south (5 countries in trouble, not 3) would matter if not for the EU. Switzerland is lucky not to be a member, but the never ending waves of regulation from Brussels are stifling Europe's economies. In its' desperation to save the failed euro, the EU is reaching deep into the north's pockets to "bailout" the south + Ireland, forcing Greece, Portugal, and others to stay in the euro and condemning them to a generation of poverty and recession.

[DeathToChaosGods]

I am from the UK and Dennis Prager is absolutely right. The European Union exists for the sole purpose of imposing newer and more complicated regulations on everything, from agriculture and criminal justice to business, even the frequency of bin collections. The ultimate aim of the EUSSR is to create a United States of Europe under a centralised socialist pseudo-democratic dictatorship. People of America turn back while you still can or share the fate of those at the mercy of the European Union.

[Pomiferous]

Good ideas with bad results are nothing to brag about.Unless you feel intentions are the ultimate measuring stick.

[underdogg20]

@Pomiferous Yes, I didn't even include healthcare on my list. If you're born in a poor family, the government should allow you an education. When you get sick, the government should provide you with healthcare. But that's it. My country and continent are crumbling from an entitlement system that has gone far bigger than that. I do stand by the rights that were given to me and my countrymen by my constitution. I may be a lefty in your eyes, but I am just as much a constitutionalist as Ron Paul

[Pomiferous]

@underdogg20 You left out the right to an education on your entiltlements list.

[underdogg20]

@Pomiferous The left believes that people are intrinsically destined to be active or passive, talented or untalented, and that result is largely decided by luck. So, if you fail, you were unlucky and shouldn't be allowed to end up in the dumpster. At least you should have the right to a roof, clothing, food and healthcare. I'm not left myself (because I believe also that incentives are important), but I wanted to point out that your statement is extremely simplistic and distorted from the truth.

[NeutralExistence]

@david52875

Its not government, its the force behind government.

The Central Banking network is the real power of "America". Or one of the main one's anyways, with the Federal reserve slowly forcing "America" into a debt crisis much like what they did in the Euro zone. Government corruption is inherent when you allow society to run rampant as it has, massive deregulation, and failed social networks of huge scale. The damage caused in some community's will take forever to repair.

[david52875]

@david52875 This is much harder to do these days, and it is BECAUSE of government. I believe you are well intentioned, and both you and I want to help the poor, but bigger government is NOT the answer!

[david52875]

@NeutralExistence "and how simply because of the location they were born" Now that government has gotten so large, many people inherit their parent's financial situations, which is exactly what you are talking about. It did not use to be like this. Before about a century and a half ago, even when people were poor in a matter of years they brought themselves OUT of poverty! Also, many children of poor families went on to become very successful, despite their parent's poverty...