The government is promoting bad behavior.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
That's the problem with the United States. It believes it can control everybody's behavior.
Government is dysfunctional.
Governments are run by people. People can be bad.
'Government gets things right' does not encourage sales. 'Government makes another blunder' does encourage sales, so there's a commercial imperative that pushes sensationalism.
Good government only happens when the people working in it do their jobs, and do them well.
It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high office.
People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish interests.
The government cannot overcome bad parenting. What our leaders can do is publicly condemn irresponsible parental behavior in vivid terms.
Good laws are the offspring of bad actions.
Stopping bad things is a significant public service.