Ok so someone runs around on a repeal laws and programs platform. Look at what happened to Romney over Big Bird.
Politicians claim they make our lives better by passing laws. But laws rarely improve life. They go wrong. Unintended consequences are inevitable.
Most voters don't pay enough attention to notice. They read headlines. They watch the Rose Garden signing ceremonies and hear the pundits declare that progress was made. Bipartisanship! Something got done. We assume a problem was solved.
Intuition tells us that government is in the problem-solving business, and so the more laws passed, the better off we are. The possibility that fewer laws could leave us better off is hard to grasp. Kids visiting Washington don't...
These two huge voting blocks are 1-issue voters, who don't know jacks""t about what's going on
all around them. They are the MOST ignorant of the ignorant. Too bad they're allowed to vote.