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1. Lack of personal responsibility has had an intrinsic effect upon what our government has become.

How many people does Paul B. know who have ever personally and directly contacted their "representation" or worked for a minor candidate who is outside of the power structures and closer to the people?

What do you want to guess here? 2% of the population?

As long as problems are defined EXTERNALLY, as long as it is all about "the other guy", government in this case, and not about what I am doing or not doing to make things right, as long as it's all about the "the other guy", it will ALWAYS and FOREVER be about the other guy.

It's absolutely fascinating that a so-called declaration of independence does not seem to recognize how thoroughly it cedes personal responsibility, i.e. individual power, TO OTHERS.