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So who is responsible for your personal safety and well being: The government or YOU?

Please consider Hurricane Katrina before answering this question.

Public Comments

1. Both.
2. let us know when you graduate from high school.
3. the government is aspire too help you get started but you need to have the house insured your are for the rest of the problem.
4. "Personal" safety and well being are totally up to the person not the government. Even the constitution says we have the right to the pursuit of happiness, it says nothing about actually being happy, only the right to pursue it.
5. To a large extent personal safety is up to the individual. In spite of all the propaganda directed at the strawman 'liberals' as defined by the right wing talk show bozos I doubt if many people think otherwise. On the other hand, when a massive disaster overwhelms an entire community only the collective energy of government at some level can step in and direct aid. I doubt if anyone disagrees with that. So the question is a form of false choice because 'safety' depends on circumstance.
6. Honestly, If I were to solely rely on the gov't for my personal safety and well-being, I'd probably be dead. They can post all the stop-lights they want, I still need to look both ways before crossing the street.
7. My 44 magnum! who feels lucky!!!!
8. Both. Government has the responsibility to protect it's citizens in circumstances where citizens can not protect themselves. Thet's why we have a military & law enforcement agencies. Individuals have the response to try to avoid placing themselves in unnecessarilly dangerous situations. Staying below sea level with a major huricane heading towards you is putting yourself at unnecessary risk. Government does not always mean the federal government, in fact it usually does not. If someone tries to break into your home, it is not up to the federal govt to come to your home. Same if your house is on fire. Disaster relief must also start with local & state governments.
9. We've both got responsibilities, but ultimately, when one doesn't have a television, radio, car, or money for a train ticket, the federal government can't stand and watch one die.