Welcome to governmentisgood.com

[Swede]

Interesting site.

Why a website defending government? Because for decades, conservatives have been attacking government and not enough has been done to defend it. Ever since Ronald Reagan declared in 1981 that "Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem," Republicans have been waging a political war against this institution. Their core message: the free market is good and government is bad.


Blithely ignoring anything good about government, conservatives have conducted a relentless smear campaign against this institution, portraying it as wasteful, ineffective, corrupt, oppressive, and bad for business. And wherever they have been in power, Republican officials have pursued an anti-government agenda of slashing taxes, cutting social programs, and rolling back regulations. “Smaller government” has been the conservative mantra – except of course for the ever-growing expenditures for defense and national security.

http://www.governmentisgood.com/

[DavidDvorkin]

1. I can imagine the hate mail that site will get.

[unpossibles]

2. Seriously.

Although it's a good idea. On the other hand, the people that should read it never will other than to make up some OUTRAEG!

[soleiri]

3. Looks interesting.

Bookmarked for later use.

thank you.

[unpossibles]

4. bumping for the morning crowd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHDVCZp83pY

This is a cool site. I read several of the articles last night, and it makes some great arguments - the next time some teabagger starts complaining about government, this site can provide some great rebuttals. Of course, those won't matter to the teabagger unless you can somehow turn Obama into Reagan, but for the thinking independents on the fence, it's good.