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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (65380)	6/23/2005 1:25:32 PM
From: Slagle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Maurice Re: "peaceful place" Maurice, this IS a peaceful place, really. And a safe one. I wasn't kidding when I said I don't lock the doors at night. I never have. Don't need to. Have you ever lived here? You have lots of violent crime in some of the big cities, especially around welfare housing, but I really believe that is by design. I know that is a cynical viewpoint but just think about it. There are powerful groups here opposed to the welfare state and so they take actions so that life is just as hellish as possible for those who live there in the welfare housing, as a sort of punishment and to encourage the residents to vacate . The undercover cops, for example, make sure those places stay full of drugs. Whatever the reason, those opposed to welfare housing have been winning. We have built nuclear reactors here since there has been any large scale welfare housing construction. The bulk of the rest of the murder and mayhem, and nearly all of it out in the countryside is the result of "crimes of passion" (wifey shoots hubby or vice versa). Even that is rare. Lots more are killed in car wrecks, indeed if you factor out inner city welfare estate and drug related mayhem you are many times more likely to die in a car wreck. Maurice, isolationism such as we enjoyed as recently as the 1930's is certainly possible. We are not talking North Korea but a reasonable level of protective tariffs. And tariffs are the best and fairest way to fund the Federal government. The very idea that a nation should not protect its domestic industry and other institutions is ridiculous. A great many of the loudest propontents of "free trade" are simply paid shills for the multinationals. The "free trade" approach has been tried and I think it and its promoters will be the very first victims of the next recession which is probably not long in the making. I am looking now for reliable politicians who support an increased tariff to send contributions to. There are too many problems with globalism. The horrendous waste of energy and other resources is one thing. Another is the social costs. So many little nations are left behind and their economies wrecked by low tariffs, indeed that is Mexico's main problem now with respect to unemployment. If tariffs go up here in the USA "tarrif wars" will ensue and everybody will benefit. Most everybody, that is. Slagle