Why Government Is Necessary For A Civilized Society. Steve Williamson and Karen McClelland welcome Sedona City Councilor Jessica Williamson to discuss the positives of government.
Steve begins by noting that most Americans thought highly of government coming out of the Great Depression and World War II. But Republicans began eroding trust in government probably beginning with the Goldwater presidential campaign.
Asked her opinion of what government is good for, Jessica explains, “Everybody has government, and we have governments because everyone wants to live in a civilized, organized, safe and fair society…and we pay for that through taxes.” She quotes the late Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. who once said, “Taxes are the price we pay to live in a civilized society.”
The discussion then turns to the Trump/Musk destruction of long-standing government agencies.