Two thousand years ago, big government felt threatened by an infant, and ordered the massacre of all male babies in Bethlehem.
Over the past 100 years, big government has killed 100 million additional civilians.
Progressives see big government as the solution to all problems.
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The bad news is that that big government went on for another 600 years. God help us!
God gave us the tools with which to defend ourselves. That is all the help we need, or deserve.
Having been kicked all around by Medicare and Social Security the last week, it is quite obvious that the first instinct of a bureaucrat is to find any excuse to bat you away, even if it means lying to you. My faith in big government is absolutely absolute zero.