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by borroka 1044 days ago
I don't agree at all that "people" are okay with this. If I, like many others, had a choice, we certainly would not want people, for example, to work so many overtime hours that no sane person could reasonably justify.

But what to do? You will say, vote! Or, protest! But have you ever seen a government visibly reduce administrative bloat, unreasonable government spending, coddling public servants? Because I have not seen it, either here in the United States or in the country where I come from. This is not a "things will never change" statement, but the impact that "people" can have on the way government works is very limited, if not negligible. The older I get, the more I realize that "elites" live in and govern a world in which I participate as a mere spectator.

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Vote for the least worse. There is one party that wants to reduce spending and at least try to be fiscally responsible.