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To: Gary who wrote (24650)	12/20/1998 5:46:00 PM
From: Alan Whirlwind	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116984

I was in Toronto and Kitchener a few years ago when the first vote on Quebec independence was coming up and the gist of the political conversation was that Quebec was trying to leave and that it would as you point out hurt every province's economy. As I remember gold selling by Canada was going full bore and the Canadian dollar was falling rapidly. Not sure which factor was playing a greator role. Canada wasn't balancing its checkbook any better than Uncle Sam here so maybe that was it. The mindset of my Canadian friends there was that the government was the instrument to cure or at least palliate social ills. I am not saying this is necessarily bad. If all people were as conscientious as my friends it very well might work. But as one finds out, government handouts create a social class of recipients who choose to stay recipients. I remember reading about the Irish potato famine. Many people who might have helped assumed the government was taking care of the problem. Weighting to much responsibility on the government stifles individual outreach and self-sufficiency. And afterall, if one is awaiting the coming of Emmanuel to take upon his shoulders all government, one must be open to a "government directs all" mentality. But obviously it will only work when it is actually run by he who is not swayed by sin. When it happens I will be all for it. Until then let the checks and balances of our systems do their work. Even if it means bye-bye Clinton. And bytheway, Someone once told me a growing number of BCers wouldn't mind taking the same steps as Quebec seems to be headed for.