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What ONE word would you use to describe the U.S. government?

Asked by AtSeDaEsEpPoAoSnA (1505points) August 12th, 2009
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Sarcasm's avatar

Bureaucratic.

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Grisaille's avatar

“Fluctuate…ive.”

Okay, that isn’t a word.

“There.”

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Corey_D's avatar

Expensive

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cak's avatar

Flawed

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ragingloli's avatar

undemocratic

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Bluefreedom's avatar

Inconsistent

Followed closely by Impulsive, Capricious, Unpredictable, Erratic, Mercurial, and Fickle.

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Grisaille's avatar

@Bluefreedom Dammit, that was the word I was looking for.

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nicolas's avatar

Irresponsible.

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brinibear's avatar

Hypocrites

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Judi's avatar

Miraculous

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rooeytoo's avatar

All of the above and more.

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oratio's avatar

Aristocracy

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mattbrowne's avatar

Impressive.

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cookieman's avatar

@jonsblond took mine

arrogant

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Bluefreedom's avatar

Dysfunctional.

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Bluefreedom's avatar

Bellicose (during the Bush administration).

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ubersiren's avatar

Excessive.

It’s funny how many negative terms are being used, yet speak of changing the system and people call you all sorts of nasty names. :)

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filmfann's avatar

conniving

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CMaz's avatar

transmogrified

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Bri_L's avatar

scapegoat

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LuckyGuy's avatar

Omnipresent

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rooeytoo's avatar

Yet preferable to almost all others I have seen. That’s the part that we sometimes forget.

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donburt's avatar

F**ked or criminal

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Judi's avatar

tolerant

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Bri_L's avatar

@rooeytoo – I have been trying and trying to think of a word to express that. Despite all the negative shit that is on here not a single one of these people will be pulled from their beds tonight and imprisoned or murdered for typing it.

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Zuma's avatar

suborned

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rottenit's avatar

Hmmmm…

Lost

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FrogOnFire's avatar

Morbidly Obese

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Judi's avatar

Passionate

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Bri_L's avatar

A lot of these answers are very depressing.

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janbb's avatar

Frustrating!

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TexasDude's avatar

Clusterfuck.

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YARNLADY's avatar

Us. No, really, you and me.

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