a country run by idiots

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You know a country is run by idiots when you can get arrested for expired tags on your car but not for being in the country illegally.

You know a country is run by idiots when the government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more of our money.

You know a country is run by idiots when a seven year old boy can be thrown out of school for calling his teacher "cute" but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable.

You know a country is run by idiots when children are forcibly removed from parents who appropriately discipline them while children of "underprivileged" drug addicts are left to rot in filth infested cesspools.

You know a country is run by idiots when working class Americans pay for their own health care (and the health care of everyone else) while unmarried women are free to have child after child on the "State's" dime while never being held responsible for their own choices.

You know a country is run by idiots when hard work and success are rewarded with higher taxes and government intrusion, while lazy behavior is rewarded with EBT cards, WIC checks, Medicaid and subsidized housing, and free cell phones.

You know a country is run by idiots when the government's plan for getting people back to work is to provide 99 weeks of unemployment checks (to not work).

You know a country is run by idiots when being self-sufficient is considered a threat to the government.

You know a country is run by idiots when politicians think that stripping away the amendments to the constitution is really protecting the rights of the people.

You know a country is run by idiots when the rights of the Government come before the rights of the individual.

You know a country is run by idiots when parents believe the State is responsible for providing for their children.

You know a country is run by idiots when being stripped of the ability to defend yourself makes you "safe".

You know a country is run by idiots when you have to have your parents signature to go on a school field trip but not to get an abortion.

You know a country is run by idiots when an 80 year old woman can be stripped searched by the TSA but a Muslim woman in a burka is only subject to having her neck and head searched.

You know a country is run by idiots when using the "N" word is considered "hate speech" but writing and singing songs about raping women and killing cops is considered "art".

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You know a country is plagued with idiocy when they vote in those kinds of idiots.