Larry Blanchard wrote:
On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:31:04 -0700, Mark & Juanita wrote:

The problem with this whole thing is that it fundamentally changes
the relationship of citizens to the government; your comments
regarding the Howard government sort of reinforce that. What this
kind of program does is change us from citizens to subjects, making
us dependent upon the government for a very basic need.

But we ARE the government. Or don't you vote?

No, we elect the government, which then goes on doing what it has always
been doing.