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To: Jerome who wrote (43009)	3/4/2001 11:04:07 AM
From: Joseph Beltran	Read Replies (1) of 70976

Jerome, I just wanted to make a few comments on your laundry list of government functions: IMHO one of the problems we have today (and have had, for a awhile) is that everyone looks to the federal government to address every need and problem that we are faced with. Take education, for example. One would be hard pressed to argue that the federal constitution conveys to the federal government (as opposed to the individual states) the responsibility to provide classrooms, teachers, etc. to its citizens. That is a state responsibility. Indeed, it is an express part of just about every state constitution in our country. Our forefathers would be turning over in their graves if they knew how much responsibility has been taken from individual states and "passed on" to the feds. The system they intended to design was one of limited federal powers (and responsibilities), and certainly not the ever broadening federal bureaucracy that we have today. The feds do not belong in education. Nor do they belong in a number of other areas as well. Heck, they have enough problems dealing responsibly and competently with providing a national defense. I have one relative working for the defense department (you average college grad) who gets paid for full-time work but works on the average only 30 hours a week. I know she can be easily replaced with a software program but a software program doesn't vote or pay taxes... sorry about the rambling.

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