Stossel Goes to Washington John Stossel Goes to Washington discusses what the government has control over and taxes. The film states that when the United States was first founded, it was limited to only securing our rights. The founding fathers thought it should perform limited duties such as running the post office, the court, and printing money. Now, starting with FDR, the government is in control of providing the people with many services. Stossel then goes on the make the point that the government really isn’t giving the people anything since it’s using their money. The film shows that the government taxes the people on nearly everything. At the end, the fact that billion dollars of taxes are lost is discussed and Stossel proves that nothing