Is the government lieing to us?

I would hope our government would have the sense to give us a limit to the number of children we may have, like they do in China, rather than let sick people die needlessly. Then, at least there would be no suffering, really. I think there would be more abortions then, but hopefully that would be reduced if people are smarter and more well-educated in schools, which is also the government's job. We should not be neglected!

The problem with a conspiracy is, in order for it to be successful, everyone has to keep their mouth shut...for a very long time. Since we all know that this is impossible for many reasons, I don't believe in most of them. If you look at the Watergate conspiracy, for example, which brought about the resignation of Richard Nixon as President, his administration would have gotten away with their web of internal spies, secret surveillance, dirty tricks, breakins and coverups except that someone talked. Someone who's code name was Deep Throat talked to a couple of reporters and lead them, piece by piece, to the evidence they never would have found otherwise. It took more than 30 years for his identity to be revealed. For one reason or another people will eventually talk. The person who comes out with a cure for an incurable disease will be rich beyond his dreams and respected among his peers. There is nothing the government can offer that would compare.

I am a huge conspiracy theorist and question everything that is said to me and half of what I see...lol. I believe the government is responsible for alot of things unknown to the general public, and because it is easier to keep the public ignorant to these things- thats just the way it stays!

It's kindda funny I ran into this discussion because the other day, I was reading about a big conspiracy theory called, "New World Order". It talks about how majority of the disasters are caused under control of Governments. They talk about creating big disasters to bring people together to obey governments & also to control populations. Try this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Order_(conspiracy) Pretty interesting reading.

i have heard this too. I've also heard that they don't list all of the ingredients in food labels because they think that 'the general public doesn't need to know everything thats in their food.' They've also poisoned towns without telling anyone just to see what would happen to the people that lived there. Like flying planes over the towns & dropping some kind of poison or something.

At my country, sometimes government lies to its citizens to make a conducive situation. For example, at the middle of 2008, price of oil is increasing, government increases the price of oil, and its citizens protest to government about increase in oil prices. Government make issue to handle its citizens. Government said that government should increase the price of oil to stabilize our economic. I think, it is relevant if government lies to its citizens for positive advantages.

You did not know this. The government has been lying to us for decades. It's no big secret. What else is new?

The government lies about everything. They lie so much that sometimes they end up telling the truth. I doubt they could hide something like that since the rich people who got cancer would make sure they got treated by any cure they had. I doubt they could keep that a secret for very long at all. Besides if they really wanted to lower the population growth they would not be trying to ban abortion. I doubt that there is much they could do to reduce population growth now as it is growing too fast but cancer is certainly not the best way to achieve that.

No the government isn't lying to us, they are just ommiting the truth. Its the same thing to them. I don't know about all those conspiracy theories, there are a million of them, it would be fun to research them though.

I am sure the government lies to us about many things. I am not sure it is lying about cures to illnesses though. In one of my business classes we learned that the engine that uses less gasoline was actually in development in the 40's and 50's but it wasn't needed until the 70's, so the knowledge that it had been developed was kept quiet. This was more for supply and demand than for conspiracy however. It wouldn't have been a big seller until it was actually needed during that first time period when people wanted more efficient cars. We were also told that the interstate highways were "sold" to the people as more efficient ways of getting to and from emergency help and for people in general to get from one place to another. The actual reason the government wanted the interstates was for commercial transportation. I do believe there are many many secrets and lies in the government. Some more serious than others. I definitely believe there is some kind of conspiracy or lying concerning this current election going on that is going to be uncovered eventually and be shocking to many people. I don't know what the full scope of it is, but I believe something is going on. This Obama birth certificate issue is just the tip of the iceberg. Tomorrow could be an interesting day concerning that issue concerning now that the US Court of appeals has ordered him to produce a true birth certificate by tomorrow (Dec 1st). If there is nothing to hide, why is he not doing as ordered? So, yes, I believe there are many conspiracies and lies within the government. I also believe that sometimes it is necessary to keep the people from panic over things that don't need to produce panic but would. There are also many things within the government that I believe they need to keep secret for our national security. That does not mean I support all their secret things.

i think government do hide something from us. they lie to us in other way.