# What is a good retort to 'government is not a babysitter'

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-retort-to-government-is-not-a-babysitter/313894>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 24, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-retort-to-government-is-not-a-babysitter/313894 "2005-07-24T03:18:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-retort-to-government-is-not-a-babysitter/313894/21 "2005-07-25T09:52:57Z")

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> government is not a babysitter

Then what’s with all the Good Touch/Bad Touch games???

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-retort-to-government-is-not-a-babysitter/313894/22 "2005-07-25T14:15:52Z")

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This thread is better suited for **IMHO**.

I’ll move it for you.

**Cajun Man**  
for the SDMB

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**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-retort-to-government-is-not-a-babysitter/313894/23 "2005-07-25T14:45:08Z")

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Say, “Government is not my babysitter, it’s my LOVE SLAVE!”

Then they’ll say what the hell does that mean? or words to that effect.

Then you say, "It means about as much as your line about government not being my babysitter. Government is also not my pool boy, my manicurist or my food processor. So the fuck what?

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