I respect and admire them too. However, I do believe that they may think government can be "compassionate" in service in they private charities and churches are to those they help. They would be wrong. Governments are instruments of blunt force. You must follow the edicts of bureaucrats are pay heavily. They have the monopoly on the use of legalized force. What we need are leaders with a Warrior mindset to know that government is a "necessary evil" and not an instrument to do plunder one to help another. It is easy to see where those in power "think" they can do good. Their actions often results in unintended misery for many. How wonderful it would be for our leaders to heed the warnings of our Founders. How great it would be to have leaders like Coolidge, who knew it wasn't the place of government to be "charitable" with taxpayers money. I see absolutely no way that our Republic can be saved from those who will propel it towards a decaying Socialist hell.
in they private.. should be, " in the way private"..
You and I are on the minority.
Every time I hear people say that the federal government should spend more money on education and less on warfare, I have to bite my tongue.
The federal government should spend 0 dollars on education. The federal government should have a limited role on our Republic, such as securing our borders and defending us from terrorists.
Unfortunately, most people like to suckle at the federal teats.