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Lincoln Letter

Volume 16
Number 4
October-December
2012
Lincoln
Review

                   
Letter®

Editor’s Comment

The Founding Fathers Would Be Disappointed
With Contemporary Government, But They
Wouldn’t Be Surprised

The fact that our government is increasingly out of control is becoming clear to more and more Americans. We continue to embark upon huge new public programs which, regardless of whether one agrees or disagrees with their merits, we refuse to pay for. How long can any society continue to spend well beyond its means without dire consequences? Eventually, if things continue on their present trajectory, we will see.

The tendency to spend without raising funds to pay the bills continues whichever party is in power. Discussions of a “fiscal cliff” does not confront the reality of politicians of both parties busy subsidizing the variety of special interest groups from which they raise money to attain office. As many have said, “We have the best Congress money can buy.”

The Founding Fathers, if they suddenly arrived in contemporary America, would be disappointed with what they saw. But it is unlikely that they would be surprised. They were, after all, thoughtful students of human nature, and how it influences the nature of the government under which we live.

                     INSIDE STORIES

Milton Friedman...........................................2
Thanksgiving.................................................4
Supreme Court..............................................4
Chicago Teacher Strike................................7
Epidemic of Cheating....................................8
Freedom of Choice......................................10
Religious Freedom......................................11
Late 20th Century America........................13
Corporate Welfare......................................14
Vesta Sithole...............................................16
James R. Whelan........................................17

Many things have changed in society. The Framers of the Constitution could never have foreseen the creation of automobiles, airplanes, television, computers, cell phones and other elements of our modern life. But while things around us have undergone dramatic change, what has remained the same is man himself.

Human nature, for better or worse, is unchanged. The teachings of Moses and Jesus are as relevant to modern man as they ever were.
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