NOAA and NASA do a great job forecasting weather and tides. The CDC does a ton for public health: no recent pandemics I can recall. The NIH is one of the best biomedical research agencies in the world—-and the NSF, NASA, DoE, and DoD research divisions are no slouches either (GPS, internet, etc). The Library of Congress and Smithsonian make a lot of American heritage accessible to everyone—-and also do serious research of their own. The National Parks are awe-inspiring. The USPS can reliably get something to my family on the other side of the continent for $0.50. The USDA has kept our food supply wholesome, and the FAA/NTSB have made flying—an intrinsically crazy activity, absurdly safe. The SEC and FDIC have keep American markets aboveboard and attractive to investors from around the world.
There’s more to the government than the DMV and taxes.
In fact, if you’ve ever had to interact with the IRS, they are astonishingly pleasant—-I got a question answered and a (small) amount of money refunded in a ten minute phone call. It was vastly better than calling Comcast or the insurance company.
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NOAA and NASA do a great job forecasting weather and tides. The CDC does a ton for public health: no recent pandemics I can recall. The NIH is one of the best biomedical research agencies in the world—-and the NSF, NASA, DoE, and DoD research divisions are no slouches either (GPS, internet, etc). The Library of Congress and Smithsonian make a lot of American heritage accessible to everyone—-and also do serious research of their own. The National Parks are awe-inspiring. The USPS can reliably get something to my family on the other side of the continent for $0.50. The USDA has kept our food supply wholesome, and the FAA/NTSB have made flying—an intrinsically crazy activity, absurdly safe. The SEC and FDIC have keep American markets aboveboard and attractive to investors from around the world.
There’s more to the government than the DMV and taxes.
In fact, if you’ve ever had to interact with the IRS, they are astonishingly pleasant—-I got a question answered and a (small) amount of money refunded in a ten minute phone call. It was vastly better than calling Comcast or the insurance company.