The VA crisis is a big problem. For !@#$s sake Jon Stewart spent many nights skewering the administration for how they handled it and you praise it simply because you want to compare it to conservatives.
Exactly. The current government here is trying to reduce pensions on municipal workers and the workers responded by protesting and destroying property. The cost of that alone probably offsets most of the savings.
Never happens. Eliminating "waste" simply generates animosity from those who are considered "waste". As a result, the government becomes incredibly unpopular and is elected out at the next cycle. The next government re-implements all the cuts. Look what happened to Stephen Harper.
Just try and make as much money as possible and enjoy your life. We as a species are too short sighted to many any actual progress.
He is like the average commentator on Facebook or twitter. No substance, but that's what sells. No one cares about nuanced arguments, they jump in head on with a belief and just look for ways to reinforce them.