By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – April 11, 2021 I am sure most people in their life times have entered the doors of their local Walmart and opened their wallets to make a purchase. I know I have and I suspect many of those that read this piece can say the same. While I am not a particularly well educated business person, I do recognize a business formula that seems to work. While I was not surprised when I read the bit on the internet "Walmart vs. Morons", I can't say I was overjoyed by the unfavorable comparison of Walmart to the Federal Government, or that of most State Governments in this Country on matters of economy. Most in this Country seem to be accepting of the regular failures of most governing bodies, and do not seem to be inclined to do much about it. "Walmart vs. Morons" exposes a dereliction of trust that most governing bodies are guilty of for literally their entire existence. While preparing for a radio broadcast on KFUG some time ago, I caught the comments of the station's manager, Paul Critz, that went along the lines of, " I can't understand why people do not like the government. If it was my preference we would have more." I remember at the time thinking for a supposedly educated adult, what an incredibly foolish thing to say, particularly on air. As pointed out in "Walmart vs. Morons", our Federal government has not been very careful with the people's money, with programs and edifices like the Post Office which make a mockery of small and limited government. History is rife with big government countries that have failed in spectacular fashion, mainly because of a large and unwieldy governing body. Most cases were because of the inability of those governments to manage their resources and money, something that might just be learned from Walmart's business model. As our current administration has come into office with its progressive agenda, it should be clear from past and current history's of countries trying and failing to be successful using this model. Has our education system failed the people in this country so badly that they no longer know of such regular failures? How long will our country's citizens tolerate something that clearly does not work? Keep in mind, there are other countries that already have used this model and likely would welcome today's progressives with open arms, yet I do not see any rush to experience North Korea's workers paradise by America's progressives. I wonder why that is? Could it be that our current government has not learned the lessons of the past, or is it the arrogance of those that think they can make some thing work that has no chance? I once listened to something that was said to me that once the damage has been done politically, the road to recovery is often much more difficult and painful than the ease in which the Country slid off into the ditch. Must we in this Country learn to our detriment, this well traveled failure in this Country? It seems we must and repeat as another of history's Progressive failures.