The government of the United States has undergone drastic change since its original development. The checks and balances throughout the government’s three branches were intentionally created to keep the central powers relatively weak. The U.S. government of today, while still technically operating under those checks and balances, has significantly more clout than ever before. The negative effects of this power swell are quite visible in the constant difficulties in passing a national budget. The country's national deficit and bloated spending are both evidences of the issues caused by a government with too much power on their hands. The huge mandatory spending limits of categories such as Income Security and Health serve as prime examples. Even with limits in the mid-billions the government continues to needlessly increase these categories' discretionary limits. They give handouts “free” services in healthcare and financial support; but nothing is truly free. In order to receive these government benefits people must sacrifice rights for which past men and women of this nation fought and died. Privacy, freedom of choice in food, housing, and medical treatment are rapidly dwindling; not to mention the self-respect derived from personally providing for one's family. These may seem like trivial matters to some but they are the first steps to a controlling and even dictatorial government. Our institution of government was intended to provide the most freedom with only the most necessary of limitations. Today, this definition has been stretched near to the breaking.
The budget proposal presented by the Presidential office blatantly seeks to strengthen the government and weaken the people. The budget claims a reduction in the deficit a...
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...resent form of democracy fosters a system of near endless debate followed by so many compromises that no one really wins in the end. With such an extensive and diverse system of government, it is not just impossible to please everyone but virtually impossible to genuinely please anyone at all.
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