Posted by: Hacker15E
Unfortunately, there are a lot of American citizens who do not share her point of view -- who DO believe that it is government's job to protect them, to defend them, and to make laws to take care of them.
Those people vote, too.
Our real problem is that we are not raising and socializing Americans who believe in personal responsibility. Those citizens who don't believe in personal responsibility vote for people who pledge to take care of them. When those representatives are elected, they do what they were elected to do.
While it is easy to hate the government and the elected representatives, we have to realize that the enemy is US -- those who have collectively elected those representatives.
Until we can ensure that the average citizen is responsible for their actions and interested in being self-determining, this woman's opinion will remain unheard and our elected officials will continue to nanny us as we have asked them to.