How to Destroy the Government in Three Easy Steps

clipped from www.truthout.org In eight short years, conservatives have effectively bankrupted many state governments and left the fed in shambles And now citizens have to "make tough decisions" and share the suffering equally across the land (unless of course, you're part of that lucky 1 percent who co-opted the functions of government to serve their own ends ... they'll be cozy with their offshore bank accounts, golden parachutes and permanent tax holidays). Step 1: Blame the Individuals declare that "there's no such thing as society" and focus the entire debate on the faults of individuals Step 2: Cut Taxes     This one move is strategic. It does all the work for you. Step 3: Exploit Disaster     If you've managed to accomplish steps 1 and 2, people will be in a panic. And we all know that panicky people make rash decisions. Now is your chance to push that unpopular agenda through the cracks - disaster capitalism at its best!

Are you a teacher who educates our future citizens? Too bad. You've got to tighten your belt and let that job go.

Manual laborer? Sorry, but that job can earn more money for our shareholders if it's done in Micronesia.

Need a college degree? Prepare for indentured servitude because you'll be working to pay us off for most of your adult life.

Health care? Ha! That's just a Ponzi scheme dreamed up by a bunch of socialists.

I wouldn’t say the blame for our current financial debacle fails squarely on republicans, in truth it belongs to any lawmaker who supplied legal loopholes to allow corporations to make a profit, and corporations who sent jobs overseas to make a profit, anyone who produced sub-standard products to make a profit, anyone who laid off experienced workers to make a profit, and especially politicians who misused our tax dollars in favor of votes and abused the publics trust without regard to our well-being. You are in office to protect and serve US not yourselves