It is important that one looks first to himself for the answers to one's problems because there is no other entity that can have as profound and direct impact on one's life than oneself. At the same time there is nothing that one has more direct control over than one's own actions.
On the other hand, there is nothing that one has less direct control of (of man-made proportions) than the government. In fact, one's direct control of government decreases proportionally with increases in population and government size. The result is a sledgehammer approach to all problems, with an attempt to differentiate services and provide "personal" attention through the creation of bureaucracy.
This is one of the reasons, along with fear of tyranny, that our founding fathers feared large government and believed that the government that governs best is that which governs least.
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