Aside from national security, what do you need from the government?

[seafoam1 2,802]

List it out.

Here's the whole of my list after national security:

1. Nothing. 

What does your list include? 

[Thornton Melon 605]

The aqueduct 

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,833]

fresh, clean water

[MLCKAA 540]

Roads, disaster response.

[jerryskids 6,567]

Currency, interstate commerce.  Federal highways are cool.  Free stuff to buy votes, of course

[seafoam1 2,802]

Love it. Good answers.

[lickin_starfish 1,893]

Well, they aren't very good at the national security thing.

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,237]

when does the national security start?

 

[wiffleball 4,788]

Well, I don't know who else is going to affix those tags on the bottom of my mattresses. 

[GutterBoy 2,898]

53 minutes ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

fresh, clean water

This moron has never heard of a well

[Hardcore troubadour 14,934]

My pension direct deposit. Woo-hoo! 

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,833]

25 minutes ago, GutterBoy said:

This moron has never heard of a well

Feel free to dig me one if it's so easy!!

I'm guessing the shovel alone is going to be too heavy for you small, pathetic shemale types. 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,934]

27 minutes ago, GutterBoy said:

This moron has never heard of a well

This moron has never heard of a city. Or a reservoir. Or a dam. 

[GutterBoy 2,898]

1 minute ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

This moron has never heard of a city. Or a reservoir. Or a dam. 

You think you need water from the government?

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,833]

Just now, GutterBoy said:

You think you need water from the government?

Holy sh@t.  You're a bigger moron than everybody thought. 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,934]

2 minutes ago, GutterBoy said:

You think you need water from the government?

Most people that live in the northeast do. You and your Boy Scout troop gonna dig out the reservoirs  and install the pipes that bring NYC their water?? Then maintain and replace those pipes as need be? 

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,833]

4 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Most people that live in the northeast do. You and your Boy Scout troop gonna dig out the reservoirs  and install the pipes that bring NYC their water?? Then maintain and replace those pipes as need be? 

How about determining if the water is even potable?  Is "MR. You've never heard of a well?!?" going to test the water regularly to make sure it's drinkable and not contaminated?

What a f@cking moron.  I haven't seen anyone self own like that since, well, the last time he posted.

[Horseman 2,365]

If all we had to do is pop a well on each property why is everyone freaking out about drought in the southwest and global warming!!!1!

[Hardcore troubadour 14,934]

Just now, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

How about determining if the water is even potable?  Is "MR. You've never heard of a well?!?" going to test the water regularly to make sure it's drinkable and not contaminated?

What a f@cking moron.  I haven't seen anyone self own like that since, well, the last time he posted.

I don’t get it, he’s Mr. NYC. I guess he thought they just got their water  from the Hudson River? 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,934]

2 minutes ago, Horseman said:

If all we had to do is pop a well on each property why is everyone freaking out about drought in the southwest and global warming!!!1!

Yeah.  Why did the government waste all that money on the Hoover Dam? You could just go outside and catch rain water in a metal helmet. 

[KSB2424 3,148]

This is actually a good thread.  Government is imperative in a civilized society.  The People elect representatives to go and meet and make laws (rules) that make common sense and everyone should follow.  Government also collects taxes from each individual to put in a collection pot to do things that a single person can’t do on their own.  1. A National Defense to defend the homeland,  2. Police, Fire, EMT to enforce laws and help the citizens  3. Roads, Bridges and like infrastructure for the masses to use. 4. Also a civilized society should indeed have safety nets for our old, sick poor and downtrodden.  5. A government should also see over land that is deemed “special”.  Think the Grand Canyon or Yosemite. 

Properly run government is essential.  Problem is it’s run by humans, a little power begets more power and before you know it they’ve overstepped their bounds into most every part of your life. It overreaches and the sheeple just take it.  

[Fnord 2,051]

2 minutes ago, KSB2424 said:

This is actually a good thread.  Government is imperative in a civilised society.  The People elect representatives to go and meet and make laws (rules) that make common sense and everyone should follow.  Government also collects taxes from each individual to put in a collection pot to do things that a single person can’t do on their own.  1. A National Defense to defend the homeland,  2. Police, Fire, EMT to enforce laws and help the citizens  3. Roads, Bridges and like infrastructure for the masses to use. 4. Also a civilized society should indeed have safety nets for our old, sick and downtrodden.  5. A government should also see over land that is deemed “special”.  Think the Grande Caynon or Yosemite. 
 

 Properly run government is essential.  Problem is it’s run by humans, a little power begets more power and before you know it they’ve overstepped their bounds into most every part of your life.

Great post. 100% agree.

I'm sure you'll disagree, but I'd throw at least a basic level of healthcare into that mix. Basically IMO the government is there to support things in which corporate profit margin is at odds with the public good. Healthcare, infrastructure, cops, clean air and water, preservation, and national defense. The bureaucracy required to do so should be kept lean.

[Horseman 2,365]

12 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Yeah.  Why did the government waste all that money on the Hoover Dam? 

Fok man I dunno. They ought to just pop a well in Death Valley and let it rip. Bring back Lake Manly with this unlimited supply of fresh clean water.  
 

Do that in all desert areas. Boom climate change solved.  
 

Who knew.  

[GutterBoy 2,898]

22 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Most people that live in the northeast do. You and your Boy Scout troop gonna dig out the reservoirs  and install the pipes that bring NYC their water?? Then maintain and replace those pipes as need be? 

There is more than NYC in America.  25% of Americans rely on private wells or private water supply.  

[Horseman 2,365]

Metal helmet level dumb.  

[GutterBoy 2,898]

20 minutes ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

How about determining if the water is even potable?  Is "MR. You've never heard of a well?!?" going to test the water regularly to make sure it's drinkable and not contaminated?

What a f@cking moron.  I haven't seen anyone self own like that since, well, the last time he posted.

Actually yes.  People that own wells test their own water.  You're focking clueless 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,934]

1 minute ago, GutterBoy said:

There is more than NYC in America.  25% of Americans rely on private wells or private water supply.  

And the other 75 pct rely  on the government. Take the L. Put it with all the others. 

[GutterBoy 2,898]

19 minutes ago, Horseman said:

If all we had to do is pop a well on each property why is everyone freaking out about drought in the southwest and global warming!!!1!

So you didnt know about private wells either?

[Hardcore troubadour 14,934]

1 minute ago, GutterBoy said:

So you didnt know about private wells either?

So you don’t know you need a permit, issued by the government, to dig a well? Just call the well guy and start digging? 

[The Real timschochet 6,421]

I need government to keep some of you racists and bigots from depriving minorities and gay people of their rights. 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,934]

I like aircraft carriers, fighter jets and nuclear bombs. To name a few things. 

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,833]

7 minutes ago, GutterBoy said:

Actually yes.  People that own wells test their own water.  You're focking clueless 

Says the guy who thinks just "digging a well" is the answer. 

You got owned so badly in here that you're reaching for something to distract from the fact that you are the dumbest POS in this forum.  Even Pimpadouche and worms think you're a f'n idiot. 

Stay down and take the L on this one - you lost.  And bigly.

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,833]

2 minutes ago, The Real timschochet said:

I need government to keep some of you racists and bigots from depriving minorities and gay people of their rights. 

And yet, here you are.  Guess the government didn't sh@t anyways.  The DNC has done more harm to minorities and gays than anyone else.

[Horseman 2,365]

5 minutes ago, GutterBoy said:

So you didnt know about private wells either?

Of course I do.

Someone should tell all the suffering farmers, residents and Indians in the southwest to stop fighting over the Colorado river.  All they have to do is install wells according to you.  

[The Real timschochet 6,421]

Just now, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

the dumbest POS in this forum.  

He’s not close. And damn there is a lot of competition around here. 

[GutterBoy 2,898]

4 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

So you don’t know you need a permit, issued by the government, to dig a well? Just call the well guy and start digging? 

So if there was no govt, then you couldn't get a permit, so you couldn't dig a well

Tardcore logic.

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,833]

2 minutes ago, Horseman said:

Of course I do.

Someone should tell all the suffering farmers, residents and Indians in the southwest to stop fighting over the Colorado river.  All they have to to is install wells according to you.  

What a retard.  

He tried so hard to get some kind of "gotcha'" and all he could come up with was "Dig a well". 

He inadvertently ended up putting the "gotcha" on himself.  That's what happens when you're as dumb as a box of rocks.

[KSB2424 3,148]

10 minutes ago, Fnord said:

Great post. 100% agree.

I'm sure you'll disagree, but I'd throw at least a basic level of healthcare into that mix. Basically IMO the government is there to support things in which corporate profit margin is at odds with the public good. Healthcare, infrastructure, cops, clean air and water, preservation, and national defense. The bureaucracy required to do so should be kept lean.

Basic healthcare falls under safety nets for old, sick and downtrodden.  100% support programs like or similar to Medicare and Medicaid.  But that’s it, and where I assume you and I diverged.  Most other services can be provided by the private (people) sector.  It’s actually the same for education for me.  The private sector would do a much better job at teaching our children.  I know that’s mind blowing because we’ve had public school forever but I believe that.  And government is really bad at financial management.  But anyway…..I digress.  

[GutterBoy 2,898]

7 minutes ago, Horseman said:

Of course I do.

Someone should tell all the suffering farmers, residents and Indians in the southwest to stop fighting over the Colorado river.  All they have to do is install wells according to you.  

Actually they do dig wells and use groundwater, but there is not an unlimited aquafier, just like rivers and reservoirs run dry as well.  Demand exceeds supply.

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,833]

"Dig a well" is the new "Learn to Code"!!! 

 

What a f@cking moron!!!