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mdevol:
yea, because we cannot possibly take care of ourselves and cannot possibly get a little sick for a couple days and live through it without the govt.
contrary to popular belief people DID survive in this country prior to the agencies you listed, and to claim that the FDA is protecting us, please look up MONSANTO, TYSON , CONAgra, then look up FDA personnel and rulings, and connect the dots....the FDA is just as shady as "weapon of mass destruction"
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and go with naive.
Our world is evolving, in case you didn't notice. You cannot say "well, there was no FDA back in the thirteen colonies so we clearly don't need one now" (I'm exaggerating for emphasis, in case you can't tell). The existence of companies you listed is exactly why we need oversight. If you don't like those companies today, you REALLY wouldn't like them without any regulation, quality control or oversight.
Oh, a drug or tainted food killed thousands? Screw a recall, that would cost money. Let's just make/sell more and cover it up with PR.
Do you have any idea what chaos would ensue without regulation of wireless frequencies? There goes your Wi-Fi. Leave it up to the states? Oh great, now your cell phone works in one state but not another because they regulate the frequencies differently. The states will work together peacefully? Yeah, that's working well with Common Core - a state-led cooperative initiative.
And let's get rid of the EPA, right? I mean we didn't need it back at the start of the industrial era, right? Companies will all do the right thing and understand the impact of their actions on neighboring properties, states, water/air supplies, etc. We can all just trust each other to agree on what is best.
Originally
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mdevol:
They are spending MORE money on barricading and policing the national parks during this shutdown than they do policing and guarding them while they are open. There were more guards at the WWII memorial guarding it from WWII veterans than there were at our embassy in a hostile country.
Oh, the photo-op bandwagon... having fun there too, eh? Screw the Centers for Disease Control, this is about the WWII Memorial!!! Let's march on the memorial!!!
Guess what, we live in a nation of LAWS. When a LAW is broken, there is a response. Those vets broke the law. More security was added. The NPS and other federal agencies have had contingency plans in place for a government shutdown for years. Everyone knew (and was told on the radio) that government parks would be shutdown. Some people chose to break the law and trespass. That escalated security issues which moved some people (guards) back into the essential category. The NPS is being flat-out manipulated so someone can redirect blame. Oh, you don't like the failure of Congress? Its the National Park Service's fault!!! Look at them!!! Point the camera over there!!! Roll out the sound bites!!!
Dude, you completely fell for it.