While I don't disagree government has been at time effective (in making life better and improving the world), one doesn't have to look very hard to find to find

While I don't disagree government has been at time effective (in making life better and improving the world), one doesn't have to look very hard to find to find instances where they have not been effective or even counterproductive. The government of today isn't necessarily the government of 30 years ago. It's bigger. Maybe slower. Maybe filled with worse people. I don't know that all these things are true but as they say in the stock trading commercials... "past performance is no guarantee of future success". But I do believe people shouldn't give up and should be informed and try to participate in elections and citizen activisms. I mean... if we don't try how can we keep the corrupt from running the show?