It was the mantra of the 'Reagan Revolution'...the government is the problem and not the solution.  Well right now government is the problem not because the Reagan ideology was ignored but because of it.

We have dangerous products on the market which contain substances like lead which are poisoning us.  There are so many diseases making their way through our food supply that it would put the CDC lab to shame.  Every week it is something new, Salmonella, E-Coli, etc.

The reason the government is the problem is because of what Reagan, his conservative minions and many Democrats did to gut the effectiveness of government.  All for the almighty buck.  The regulatory agencies have been gutted.  There are no longer enough people left in government who oversee industry to make sure that the products we buy don't poison us, the food we eat doesn't sicken us, the air we breath doesn't choke us, the water we drink doesn't kill us and that our financial institutions don't bankrupt us...

What we are now witnessing is the maturation of the conservative ideology as espoused by Ronald Reagan and we are paying a heavy price.  Time to make sure government doesn't allow some people to put the American people needlessly at risk for the sake of a fistful of dollars.  Time to restaff agencies like the EPA, FDA, SEC, and other regulatory agencies and give them the authority to enforce the laws already on the books and any that may/should be passed in the future.