Uncle Sam can’t whip us into shape

I trust government to soften the harshness of capitalism via subsidies [food stamps, welfare, housing vouchers], to provide health insurance [Medicare for the elderly and disabled; Medicaid for families poor enough to qualify], to build roads and bridges, to maintain clean water, air and land. Governments maintain “law and order,” wage war, negotiate treaties. But,

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