You're doing a disservice by making it sound like it is a fringe or even recent idea that the government is out to get people. "The nine most terrifying words

You're doing a disservice by making it sound like it is a fringe or even recent idea that the government is out to get people. "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help'". - Ronald Reagan, 1986-08-12 Official Republican policy for the better part of the last half century is that government is bad and out to harm you. Sure, it's gotten more extreme in recent years, but it's been building to this for as long as I've been alive.