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Oh god. The Federal Reserve exists to give more dollar bills to the government. The Fed creates inflation -- inflation which helped to create the 1929 crash. The Fed fucks up the economy. Read Friedman. Fuck, read Bernanke. As he said, "I would like to say to Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz: regarding the Great Depression. You're right, we did it. We're very sorry. But thanks to you, we won't do it again." Oh, they will. Worse than the last time. So just remember guy, the worst economic disaster happened on the Fed's watch and rational economists agree that the Fed was at fault. Good fucking job, government.
And regulations. I'm okay with a minimalist approach to regulation. By minimalist, I mean levels circa 1789. The US government can't do a good thing of its own volition, and it sure as hell acts like it is trying to do the wrong thing every time it gets involved. Take Ma Bell. They had a monopoly, and the Feds were going to break it up. The influx of competition would reduce costs, you know. They broke up Bell into the Baby Bells and guess what? Cost went up and in many areas it was a long time before competition showed up. And Bell (or ATT, if you want,) still remains dominant. Good fucking job, government. They fucked up in a major way with Ma Bell and the only ones to benefit were shareholders. Government couldn't regulate its ass out of a paper sack.
I wonder if some people honestly think that if government was somehow reduced all of a sudden that their lives would be thrust into chaos, that they'd fall victim to all sorts or predation. And it seems they think that once a power is given to government that it shouldn't -- or worse, can't -- be taken away. Pity.
If I had child and it was government, I'd kill it with a hammer and toss its body in the Muddy Boggy.