Occupy Wall Street and lessons of the past

As I  read over the proposed list of demands, that the Occupy Wall Street protesters want, it makes me giggle.  Some of their demands are absurd. 

I couldn't help but reminisce about when I bought my first car in the 1970's.  I remember that before all these laws, rules, and regulations were put in play, we the people had control over so many different things.  I remember "gas wars".  If we didn't like the price at one gas station, we went to a gas station that had cheaper prices, thus, begin the price wars.  Boycotting businesses worked.  Companies wanted our business.  We had the power to keep the "big businesses" and our government in check.

As our government has grown, prices have risen dramatically.  For example, in 1970 the price of gas on average was 37 cents a gallon, where today it is over $3.00 a gallon.  I remember paying $3,000 for my first brand new sports car.  All before "NAFTA", and before the liberals began infiltrating our government.  Unemployment was at 3.6% in 1970, where if the actual figures were released today the unemployment would be close to 30%

What I am getting at is when government was smaller, it was much easier for us to control our government, not our government controlling us.   We yelled for the government to step in and make things better with our banks.  The government did, and now we are hearing reports of Bank of America charging $5 per month for the use of debit cards.  Read the story here.  Now Citibank has jumped in with it's fees, "If you're a Citibank customer who has one of the bank's two smaller checking account plans—the ones where the monthly fee is waived as long as you use direct deposit or their online bill payment—then maybe it's time to consider taking your business elsewhere. Starting in February, anyone with an average balance of less than $1500 will be assessed a monthly $7.50 service fee".  Read more here.

My question to you is, do you want more government involvement, or less.  I prefer less.  I don't like the government creeping more and more into my life.  Our government is not helping me or my family.  Our government is doing us more harm than good.  This is exactly what our founding fathers fought to prevent.  Our constitution was designed to keep government out of our lives, not to intrude on our lives.  Our government is now so large that it takes an army of people to keep up with what our government is doing.