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pan6467 · 04-16-2008, 10:12 AM

The increasing amount of people that are willing to give away freedoms of choice and rights because "they" have decided that the freedom/right is something they don't like. Basically allowing government to play bigger roles in our lives like we are all 3 year olds needing to be told how to live life.

This presidential race where none of the 3 IMHO, truly want the office because they feel they can help us rebuild but rather for the power.

The ever increasing disparity between the rich and the poor. Person works 40 hours no matter what the job they should be able to afford to have some luxury in life, even with kids... there is no reason someone who works full time should have to work 2-3 jobs, have the mother work and still hardly afford a standard of living. Meanwhile CEOs and the very upper echelons of companies load themselves with lavish contracts and packages, even if fired they can end up with millions upon millions. Then they fight for tax cuts.

But the worst is the divisiveness. How we as a country as so unwilling to listen to each other and work for solutions. Instead, we will fight for ideas that benefit only us and who we want but not the nation as a whole. We are the greatest nation to have ever been and instead of making us better we fight each other to greater divide, leading government to take away more rights, leading to the majority of our nations problems..

It all comes down, for me, will this nation have more opportunities and greater freedoms for my son and grandchildren, than it was for me?

My greatest fear, is what kind of country and world do we leave our children and their progeny.

04-16-2008, 10:12 AM	#15 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	The increasing amount of people that are willing to give away freedoms of choice and rights because "they" have decided that the freedom/right is something they don't like. Basically allowing government to play bigger roles in our lives like we are all 3 year olds needing to be told how to live life. This presidential race where none of the 3 IMHO, truly want the office because they feel they can help us rebuild but rather for the power. The ever increasing disparity between the rich and the poor. Person works 40 hours no matter what the job they should be able to afford to have some luxury in life, even with kids... there is no reason someone who works full time should have to work 2-3 jobs, have the mother work and still hardly afford a standard of living. Meanwhile CEOs and the very upper echelons of companies load themselves with lavish contracts and packages, even if fired they can end up with millions upon millions. Then they fight for tax cuts. But the worst is the divisiveness. How we as a country as so unwilling to listen to each other and work for solutions. Instead, we will fight for ideas that benefit only us and who we want but not the nation as a whole. We are the greatest nation to have ever been and instead of making us better we fight each other to greater divide, leading government to take away more rights, leading to the majority of our nations problems.. It all comes down, for me, will this nation have more opportunities and greater freedoms for my son and grandchildren, than it was for me? My greatest fear, is what kind of country and world do we leave our children and their progeny. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"