Letter: Questions motives

Dear Editor,

We have all heard the talking point that many candidates for public office use exhaustively, “I am for smaller and limited government.” The thinking of the people who run for office on this platform has baffled me for quite some time now.

If I could take the liberty of interpreting what they are really saying it would go something like this; “Government does not and cannot work, so elect me and I’ll prove it by making it even more dysfunctional.” That is what I hear from the “Anti-Government” candidates.

My question is this. Why in the world would you want to become a part of something that you are convinced does not and cannot work? But this is the situation we find ourselves in, and it seems to me to be even more exacerbated in St. Croix County.

It’s my humble opinion that, if you don’t believe government can work, you should not want to become a part of it and let the citizens who do want government to function effectively and efficiently be elected to public office. If you believe that government does not and cannot work, you should really not even participate in the electoral process, for to do so is the height of hypocrisy!

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