Government Is Not the Problem

A post on Facebook comes along, saying: "Mamdami: There is no problem too large for government to solve and no concern too small to care about. Me: Government is the problem."

Did Mamdani say that? There may be a little truth to what he says. Maybe even a lot. Government has the power to solve just about any problem. And without government, some -- maybe a lot -- of those problems are not going to get solved. Government is like a rope tossed out to drowning souls. Unfortunately, we've been taught to reject the rope. "Government is the problem," we yell back. If we want our problems solved, we better learn to accept the rope.