What if We Don't Really Govern Ourselves? - Judge Andrew Napolitano

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Townhall
Apr. 20, 2017

What if our belief in self-government is a belief in a myth? What if the election of one political party over the other to control Congress changes only appearances? What if taxes stay high and regulations stay pervasive and the government stays oppressive and presidents fight wars no matter what the politicians promise and no matter who wins elections? What if the true goal of those whom we elect to Congress is not to be our agents of self-government or even to preserve our personal liberties but to remain in power by getting re-elected?

What if they use government to aid their own re-elections by bribing us with our own money -- the rich with bailouts, the middle class with tax breaks and the poor with transfer payments?

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Asking the right questions.

[Elderberry]

I need a drink after reading that. Make that a bottle.

[DB]

No what if. It is exactly what they do. The unionization of bureaucrats always seeking more with special considerations at the expense of non members.

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No what if. It is exactly what they do.

Yeah, his 'what ifs' were rhetorical.

[geronl]

I govern my own behavior very well, thank you

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I need a drink after reading that. Make that a bottle.

It is a downer. But he's not wrong.