They force you through brainwashing. Next, there indeed is much that the government can force you to do. If it isn't right, it is your duty to disobey. Also, if it wasn't with the backing of the wealthy-corporations, nobody that is in office would be there. And they have to kiss hands and shake babies to stay there. Next, "wards of the state?" Do you mean like mailmen, fire fighters, the police, the military, etc? Instead of basically paying or bribing some business to start a business someplace and hire people, the government needs to step in, cut out the dead weight and run it themselves.
Here is another thing about the revolving door between government and big business. Calvin Coolidge once basically said, "The business of the government IS business." I will also show you part of something written by General Smedly Butler.
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