The Federal Government is Awesome

When you catch yourself thinking that it’s a good idea to let the federal government run yet another aspect of our lives, ask yourself this:

What federal program in America’s history has turned out for the best in the long run? Have the feds actually done anything that’s cost effective, efficient, and truly useful?

The first thing that comes to mind is The Manhattan Project. From my perspective - i.e. the winning side - this turned out to be a pretty-good venture. Oh, sure, it cost billions, but the project worked.

Then again, we were trying to kill hundreds of thousands of people, and jack up their descendants for as many generations to come as possible – not solve peoples' problems.

Now, if I wanted the feds to annihilate a country or two, I'd cheer them on until one of my lungs collapsed. Their track record proves that they're freaking awesome at this. They fail only at, you know, pretty much everything else.