Why Don't People Get It?

It is not the government's responsibility to provide all the innumerable services that it is currently attempting to provide. If you expect the government to take care of you from cradle to grave, then you should expect ridiculously high taxes and not just on the rich. Government doesn't create wealth. All it can do is take it from those who create it. The Federal Government is out of control. Let's be honest, apart from the military, what else does it do well? Education? Postal Service? For crying out loud, both houses of Congress had to privatize its cafeteria service because it kept losing money. I think I have made my point that the Federal Government is not the most well oiled machine out there. It also is not a charity. Simply because a cause is noble, doesn't mean that the United States Federal Government should force its free citizens to give to it. When did our citizenry become a bunch of immature children incapable of being trusted with their own money. Why won't government let us decide in our own states and communities what we want to spend our money on? Too many Washington insiders are funding their pet projects with our paychecks and it needs to stop.