A better way of saying it is that we have to keep government abreast of change. It's not just serving and being on the defense. It must become proactive, pro-visionary. It must become the architect of the future. Otherwise, what we find is that everything else grows around your city and you are left behind again.
Federal government is a creature of local government.
There should be a fair return on our dollar. I don't think the forefathers ever envisioned that the federal government would be as large and as cumbersome and, more importantly, trying to micromanage local government. I thought all politics was local. So, to some degree, we have to continue to question the intrusion of federal government and its self-perpetuation and growth. Now, Congress sees themselves as an entity in their own right.