Comment Re:You are correct War on Terror = War on You (Score 1) 615
Reading your post I find I agree with you in principle but not in practice. What our representatives feel is best for us is not necessarily the beneficial.
For instance if they are trying to solve a problem, a solution that removes freedoms but solves the problem can easily gain the votes to become law.
Also consider that our politicians typically do not campaign as champions of individual freedom. They all speak of freedom in a general sense, but how many of them even see this as an issue?
Our representatives start out as prominent citizens, usually passionately committed to the ideals of government and the nation. When the get to Capitol Hill they tend to adopt the conventional wisdom and conventions approaches to solving problems.
If our representatives understood the this problem and were called on to maintain freedoms by citizens these laws would be different and preserve freedoms.