[IbJensen]

The large majority of Congress is grossly incompetent and are incapable of accomplishing anything significant. This worthless phony in the White Hut, his legions of White Hut staffers, the Congress, their overpaid staffers and the millions of bureaucrats that are killing America and destroying our lives and our savings need to get a gigantic wake-up call!

[ExCTCitizen]

a.. The U.S. Postal Service was establishedin 1775. You have had 234 years to get it right and it is broke.

Ben Franklin must be rolling over in his grave at the USPS service. Just think if Ben Franklin ran the USPS now... I bet it'd make money!!

[rarestia]

The problem is that once socialism invades the public conscience, it becomes impossible to shake it off without the resolve of a large portion of the population.

We’re on a social downswing. We’re heading to dictatorships and theocracies around the world.

Our Founders understood that it would take their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honors to fix this country. They gave all of those, many of them dying broke, and this country became what it was.

It will take many lives through combat, strife, homelessness, and hunger. It will take sacrifice from our wallets. It will take the honor of patriots to turn this around. But only then will we reverse this course.

Otherwise, we’re going to continue to elect ineffectual pantywaists who kowtow to public opinion polls instead of listening to the wants and needs of their constituents.

[nascarnation]

Our retired seniors living on a 'fixed income' receive no aid nor do they get any breaks…

There's a huge number of retired seniors who have received FAR MORE than they contributed to SS and Medicare.

[Responsibility2nd]

I recall that in the hours immediately after Katrina - WalMart was able to get food, money and supplies into the hurricane victims.

Meanwhile Larry, Moe and Curly (local, state and federal government) were pointing fingers at each other.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/05/AR2005090501598.html

[Brookhaven]

Wal-Mart gives its employees training on how to apply for government benefits.

[smokingfrog]

The large majority of Congress is grossly incompetent and are incapable of accomplishing anything significant.

They do a pretty good job of using your tax dollars to "buy votes" and get re-elected.

Government programs are not designed to create wealth/income, so you can't use that to determine whether or not a government program is successful.

At the most, welfare programs should only be designed to get you through a tough situation so you can get back on your feet. Instead, they only seem to create more and more dependence (that is the bureaucrats measure of success and the more money they can spend to do it, the better). The dependency class is going to vote for the people giving them free stuff every time.

On the other hand we have government agencies like the FAA, which help keep our airports running smoothly and prevent planes from running into each other. That's a good thing. Of course, they have to do it with equipment that was obsolete 20 years ago.

[donna]

Wal-Mart & China: A Joint Venture
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/secrets/wmchina.html