{"id":367,"date":"2010-10-06T08:51:55","date_gmt":"2010-10-06T12:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/systemsofmerritt.com\/wordpress\/?p=367"},"modified":"2015-08-26T01:44:09","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T05:44:09","slug":"willrogers-political-quote-can-government-fix-our-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systemsofmerritt.com\/wordpress\/willrogers-political-quote-can-government-fix-our-problems\/367","title":{"rendered":"Will Rogers on “Can Government Fix our Problems?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Will Rogers<\/a>As usual, Will nails it with a quote from 1933! It’s not just that people look to government, but government entitlement programs draw people in. The government creates dependents who don’t need to do much of anything but draw their government check each month.
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It seems that the bigger government grows, the more people expect. Unfortunately, failed programs and broken lives litter the landscape. Perhaps smaller government and more independent people are the better way.
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The picture is from the 1935 Will Rogers movie The County Chairman<\/em>. Will plays Jim Hackler, a local party-boss in a Wyoming county, who has to decide to do what’s right and lose the election, or what’s wrong and win.
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Will RogersAs usual, Will nails it with a quote from 1933! It’s not just that people look to government, but government entitlement programs draw people in. The government creates dependents who don’t need to do much of anything but draw their government check each month. It seems that the bigger government grows, the more people … <\/p>\n

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