No, it's not. The US government is not poorly designed. However, when people who are convinced that government is "the problem" run the government, wow, it's just fucking SHOCKING that it doesn't function as well!
Put competent people in charge, and lo! government works!
Except that the results you're looking at are biased by eight years of utter, purposeful incompetence, and the massive steps needed to fix that incompetence.
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Date: 2009-09-24 07:31 pm (UTC)No. It's irresponsible people running the government that got us into that mess.
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Date: 2009-09-24 07:36 pm (UTC)Put competent people in charge, and lo! government works!
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Date: 2009-09-24 07:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-24 07:56 pm (UTC)Re: Wow, that's like totally Zen.
Date: 2009-09-24 08:32 pm (UTC)Re: Wow, that's like totally Zen.
Date: 2009-09-24 08:57 pm (UTC)Re: Wow, that's like totally Zen.
Date: 2009-09-24 09:02 pm (UTC)Re: Wow, that's like totally Zen.
Date: 2009-09-24 09:17 pm (UTC)