http://mensnewsdaily.com/sexandmetro/2009/07/01/americans-are-beginning-to-notice-political-swing-to-left/ Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:18:26 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://mensnewsdaily.com/sexandmetro/2009/07/01/americans-are-beginning-to-notice-political-swing-to-left/comment-page-1/#comment-1902 Greg Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:24:15 +0000 http://mensnewsdaily.com/sexandmetro/?p=5875#comment-1902 Government gets bigger the more it feeds on itself. The trick has been to hide from the general public just how little power we actually have over them. Given the unelected bureaucracy, the desire by those elected to retain their power and prestige, and the need in any organization to reach consensus - bear in mind the adage, the squeaky wheel gets the grease - there is a slide in one direction or another. We're just starting to realize WHICH direction we've been pulled in. Government gets bigger the more it feeds on itself. The trick has been to hide from the general public just how little power we actually have over them. Given the unelected bureaucracy, the desire by those elected to retain their power and prestige, and the need in any organization to reach consensus – bear in mind the adage, the squeaky wheel gets the grease – there is a slide in one direction or another. We're just starting to realize WHICH direction we've been pulled in.

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