Well isn't that the whole point of Government? I have never understood why people insist on thinking it is "us" vs "them". The Government is us. We are them. We elect a Government to rule in our stead. If you think the Government has grown unwieldy and overreaching it is because you, the people, allowed it to be that way. If you want it to become streamlined and smaller all you, the people, have to do is vote in a majority for that to happen. If it doesn't happen then you are not in the majority: sorry, better luck next time.

There's nowhere to hide in a true democracy.

Now if you are prepared to accept that any system based on Capitalism cannot by definition be a true democracy, you may go some way to explaining why it never seems as though the people get to decide anything at elections. But I guess that is another story.

James.