Posted on 04/17/2012 7:28:58 AM PDT by KeyLargo
Glenn Beck is asking his listeners now on his radio program the question:
"Except for the military.
What has the government done to make you proud?"
My answer: NOTHING.
Any thoughts?
Your answers?
The US Postal Service back in the Days. (lone gone)
However, Obama and corrupt government has screwed that up now also. NASA will never be the same.
Even the military will go to shit soon. Big government drives good people away. It attracts the wrong crowd.
Nothing recently, but what about the Manhattan Project and the Apollo program?
Nothing.
And after homosexuals have been allowed to serve openly in the military,
The answer is still nothing.
The moon landing
Space shuttle
Hubble telescope (after they fixed the optics)
The moon landing
Space shuttle
Hubble telescope (after they fixed the optics)
Not much else since the 70's.
“Nothing recently, but what about the Manhattan Project and the Apollo program?”
Yes. But Beck wants to know “recently.”
Yeah, my thoughts exactly. Back then, we paid our scientists/engineers well; they had to compete for their position, there were no quotas nor unions. NASA was admired the world over, for pushing mankind ahead.
And the advances that NASA made were then spun off into the civilian sector, yielding advances in medicine, computing, alloys, food, engineering - the money generated by the spin-off technology returned the cost of NASA a hundred-fold.
Today, NASA's primary goal is apparently "Muslim Outreach", which is even more pathetic than flying 1970's technology Space Shuttles around the country.
The Space Shuttle was good until they fouled up the propellant used to spray on the foam. It never worked the same after the ‘environmentally friendly’ version was used.
Ah, I did not see recently in the post, so I thought they were fair game...
This Obama lead Government has taken a once prosperous country and turned us into the biggest debtor nation on Earth.
If that’s not bad enough a lot of those billions of dollars in wealth were just thrown away on unproven environmental schemes..
We are so screwed its not funny.
Other than that, I can't think of anything.
Similar to the question I have been asking for more than a year now: In the last 50 years, what has the government done that was really good for everyone?
NOTHING. Since the Interstate and Defense Highway system I can’t think of a thing. Sure, Reagan made us proud for a little while, more-or-less ended the cold war, we did the right thing for Kuwait and ourselves... these were military actions that are part of the basic expectations. But as for actions or public policy that has made the day-to-day lives of all Americans better? NOTHING that I can point to. NOTHING that demonstrates global leadership and puts the United States out ahead of the rest of the world.
Sweeping tax policy for the better... no, just more complexity and higher taxes.
Cogent visionary energy policy with programs on par with going to the moon that would cement our competitive edge for decades if not centuries to come... no, just spending money and more crushing regulations that raise the cost of everything.
Unleashing competitive medical care... no, just more tax funded programs that have done nothing but raise costs
NOTHING.
Is the Martian Rover recent enough?
Voyager was quite a while ago.
How about - NOT getting involved in the College BCS
As the poster at despair.com says - Government, if you think the problems are bad, wait until you see our solutions!
Is the Martian Rover recent enough?
Voyager was quite a while ago.
How about - NOT getting involved in the College BCS
As the poster at despair.com says - Government, if you think the problems are bad, wait until you see our solutions!
“What has the government done to make you proud?”
NOT issue Lady Gaga, Madonna, Black-Eyed Peas, Whitney Houston, Studio 54, Kurt Cobain/Courtney Love, Flava Flav, Guns and Roses, Barney the Dinosaur, Trayvon or Eminem (too many to list here) postage stamps.
Also, I’m proud of the fact that I can still apply for an extension to file my 1040 even though it is not an extension to pay! Pay???
Kind of broad question but I would add the destruction of the USSR as one, without a hot war.
Someone else said the highway system, before using the funds for political inner city projects.
However, these are in the almost distant past. In the past 15 years, I cannot conceive of one good thing beyond the Bush tax cuts, which are soon to expire.
Interesting, as the government expands beyond the ennumerated powers, the worse job it does.
Recently?
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