Government isn’t very good at solving problems. You might find that rich coming from someone who’s served in public office for 20 plus years, but it’s true – it isn’t government that solves our problems. Even when bills get passed by the Legislature, it’s citizen legislators – elected by their neighbors – who come to Pierre for a short amount of time, do the people’s work, then go home and live with the new laws that they passed.
On the other hand, there are a few problems that are absolutely government’s problem to solve. And in those situations, we should do so to the absolute best of our ability. Public safety is top of that list.
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