you really think the world would be a better place without government? guess your still in your 7th grade anarchy phase but ok. Anyways sure not everything the government does is the greatest, and sure i dont agree with it all. But having social programs to insure the citizens of this country against old age and against disability is a small price to pay for the overall quality of all of our citizens. You know why you pay for programs like this? well people in this country dont save. they just dont, actually they spend more than they make, i think its around 100.3% of our incomes are spent a year. So say you dont pay taxes and there is no d.i. well what happens when you get hurt? well youve probably spent all your money on new tv's and whatever is being marketed towards you, so you know what. your fucked, noones gonna give you a hand out, noones gonna make sure you can pay rent and eat properly. If this sounds like a good plan for the elderly and disabled then it seems you want a ruthless country that does not care for its citizens at all. So as i said i dont agree with everything our government and shit definitly needs some fixin but i think we have a damn good country, and if you dont think so good move to africa or some shit and tell me how that shit is