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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Happy Now?
	Date:	6/22/2010 2:43:30 PM

I can't afford the pay cut to run for public office. As for "being your equal" by working for the government in my view that would be like setting up shop on a highway ramp with a sign, "Hungry and out of Work, Please Help" so I could be equal to a panhandler. It might give me that valuable insight but at the end of the day I'd rather not.

As for hating the government you misunderstand. I don't hate the government. I strongly believe in limited government and believe in having more government closer to the people versus an imperial federal government that you apparently place so much confidence in. I am 50 years old and work with state and federal government agencies every single day and I can see what they are good at and what they should not be involved in. I believe in government that operates consistent with the Constitution and Bill of Rights and oppose them expanding their power beyond that envisioned by our Founding Fathers. There is no doubt a lot of good is done by government every day but there is a lot of damage done as well. I will always oppose bad government and fortunately I am not blinded by being your equal and can tell the difference.