Why Do Government Haters Want To Serve In.......Government?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

I've wondered this for a long time and I have yet to hear anybody on our our side really ever challenge the Republicans on this.

Starting primarily in 1980 with Ronald Reagan's election and continuing to the present day, Republicans have practically adopted obsessive hatred of government as one of their key platforms yet they almost seem blind to the sheer hypocrisy of running for public office while shamelessly exploiting their unbridled contempt for government and its ability to help people.

Likewise, despite their blinding hatred and animosity to any sort of national health care coverage, they seem perfectly content to accept their government-provided health care coverage (Obama made a point about this during his rally here in Indy today). It would seem to me that if they think private insurance is superior, then they should eschew their government benefits and obtain their own private insurance (which would save us some money too). Also, since they profess to not believing in programs like Social Security should they not refuse to accept them when they become eligible for those benefits (this would also save us some money and may even resolve the Social Security "crisis" they keep bleating about). In fact, given their hatred of taxation together, perhaps they should eschew ANY kind of taxpayer funded services and then see how great their lives would be without all of those taxpayer-funded "amenities" that our taxes help pay for.

However, back to my original question, why do people who loathe government want to be a part of it? The only rational explanation that I've been able to come up with so far is that most, if not all of them, simply want the power and status of elected office, as well the ability to enrich themselves and their friends and cronies. That's it and that's all IMHO. But I still do not understand why Democrats, who generally want to use government as an instrument to help people better themselves and their communities, don't call their Republican opponents out on this point? I don't think that I've ever heard anybody stand up and ask these cretins why they want to serve in government if not to simply dismantle government piece by piece (yet still somehow be able to maintain their position and status) while busily sending the spoils of their destruction to their friends and cronies in the corporate arena.

:crazy:

What does everybody else think?

[notadmblnd]

1. so they can destroy it from the inside out.

[OneGrassRoot]

2. Excellent points...

I've often asked the same question, and have never received a good reply.

Your examples of the government-provided benefits they receive are excellent, and shall be used in my daily rants.

:)

[ThomWV]

3. Because you can not drown the baby in the bathtub unless you jump in with it.

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. Power and all the perks that go with? Status and greed. Yes