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Between the GSA and Secret Service scandals and out-of-control spending, Greta and John Stossel try to figure what is going on with our government
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Government is way.
Way way out of control.
The justice that got taxpayer -- -- actually staggering the GSA Harry clowns in mind readers and then of course there's no luck they tried to hire magician before of course it got caught and -- those SEC lawyers that make happen off they don't -- it downloaded porn.
Hide your time and your -- yes you're all paying for your pain for all billions and billions -- -- and your taxpayer -- with every single day in this city.
Meanwhile a country facing a huge debt that's going to wildly every second of every are so.
What is wrong with our government.
Well the person knows just just so fox is just not -- the new book.
No they can't -- does -- get dressed up just for the on the record -- viewers and that's it we're also flattered.
They got dressed up for us I thought this is requirement from the record.
It is isn't it okay so -- I told them I tell the viewers -- tell us what's true.
They take our money and their freedom.
And their power man.
And we need limited government we would look at this this is the declaration of independence and the constitution.
Togetherness in this site if your form ask for a good this looks like a passport or and one.
For our first 150 years this is when we grew the fastest rely expense increased.
This is the the basic part but now they had a -- thousand pages of rules every every week.
And frankly if there on the hot tub or listening to magicians I'm happy because at least we -- people wake up all they waste our money.
But they're doing less damage to us when they're -- off than when they're regulated.
Places the -- tab which the backup which of course my second.
Executive Fisher loves that one.
But it's also that they've got -- have matching wine glasses -- but we aren't we're paying for non matching wine glasses more than I've.
Let's do it out but I mysterious -- it out yeah I used to think that it was leadership.
Then I thought I was congress because they lacked oversight they're the ones -- -- responsible.
For being the stewards of our economy and B and running these -- good oversight -- administration's.
That we find out that they are doing insider trading and they have to pass a law to tell them that you're not supposed to do while the rest of us know what we've seen the perp walk on Wall Street.
And now we finally found that -- -- civil servants at the people who work just have no sense of decency that the spend that much money without -- magicians.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- some have a sense of decency many don't get threats and they're they're no different from anybody else.
The problem with government and Thomas Jefferson understood this he said it's the natural progress of things for government to grow.
And -- TT yield when they found wounded the country they understood the problem that he will always grow bigger and require more power for themselves.
And the the alternative the free market -- market forces the invisible hand people don't get keeps the invisible hand is invisible.
What do what they every going to fix this -- do you see anything in the future Mayweather Republican Democrat libertarian or whatever -- Get anyone admits it's it it almost seems.
Hopeless and -- just like -- game.
What we libertarians would fix.
That's if if we had a chance in the -- could really do it but do you ever wonder why -- Japan and Germany do so well after World War II.
There economies moved in the fifties and sixties.
Sadly I think it's because we -- them to smithereens and they had to start over and when you start over you can get rid of that.
Government sclerosis that builds up overtime I don't recommend that for us no let's not pretend that.
Can't maybe will learn from Greece serve well and Spain blows up or Japan or California or Illinois.
But.
We're not taken the steps now.
Do like ground ball I do so he's the man you support for president Gary Johnson Ron Paul actually found -- -- a chance they agree on that.
Next week he's gonna catch on.
I'm text -- can file I get is a special thing that I just think that these ideas of limited government makes such sense it has to catch on some time.
And today's Friday saw I have to pick next week you think Republicans are -- -- truth and they say that -- for limited government.
I really want to believe it and but I get frustrated with Mitt Romney he says -- -- -- cut the workforce by 10% -- -- attrition in the government.
Yeah yeah he said that and great if he does but why is he quickly -- by attrition.
I mean Jack Welch when he ran G when it was a big growth company rather than now they feed off the government more.
He said it's the job of a leader to identify the bottom 10%.
Give him a chance to improve get rid of them if they don't and bring in new blood.
If you get rid of people by attrition then the bad people stay.
And the good ones leave that's not management and this is the so called hard core businessman Romney.
So disappointed in.
In these agencies -- they have they have.
Training sessions to teach people how to talk to others.
And I think to myself really you know we're paying for that.
The SA and the stuff that we've hit driver 3 AM with the magicians and apart and then Leo wow that's how the tub and -- -- -- But still it's it's even more -- and a similar pain for all these conferences are people like Lorraine hunt talked for -- to learn how do their jobs and address of why don't we hire them after the know how to do their jobs.
Well that would be good.
But look we're -- your fighting what were even printed the belief tiebreak no they can't down into.
Here's what intuition leads us led me to believe I was wrong for years when I won -- Emmy Awards and here's what reality is taught me.
And intuition says we need central planning.
I can't get my brain around how you design a sewage treatment plant myself so my instinct says.
Obama he went to Harvard he'll appoint the right people and top down they can plan life.
But.
Economists.
Tell you Frederick kayaks so that's the job and economics explained how little we know about what we imagine we can design.
-- doesn't work the free market works it's not intuitive.
Ty Nash de Beers -- needed to -- -- down tonight.
And he said to me that you had a dinner and someone who I was there who you would then went to high school let me ask for -- -- -- who wasn't he could remember -- -- -- -- I mean you have got all -- hey Chris.
I -- really like -- no -- who was.
The ointment is that -- -- together and might even tell me find out later we just won't let me tell me that because now -- -- -- -- at dinner -- that was at this dinner anyway I'm really -- very handsome and -- -- tuxedo and thank you very much for just how big comeback.
Thanks nice to -- it.
