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  • From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Views on government
  • Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:15:24 -0500


On Jun 12, 2008, at 8:26 PM, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:

Government regulation is a poor substitute for church and family. </HTML>

Ah, now we are getting to it. Family and community, not always but often in the form of church, have been the traditional support system.

It is true that the poor will always be with us and it is true that in times past the poor were with us. Modern America has evolved with government first in the wings, then beside us, now center stage. The worst of it is both parents having to work and the weaker family that results. That has been compounded with job transfers taken to locations far from support systems.

Rising gas prices may well exert an influence that helps to lead us back to what was better.

Meanwhile, GWB has poisoned the water. McCain, a confused man attempting to follow a man who is in over his head, has no chance. The traditional small-government party will take years to regroup. So I will cheer myself with the balance that comes from throwing out the incumbent--in this case the incumbent party--and bringing in the new. Keeping the pendulum nearest the center is the best we can do until rising pain creates better thinking.





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