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To: Dayuhan who wrote (29125)	1/25/1999 11:42:00 PM
From: Father Terrence	Respond to of 108807

Steve: That is because elected officials and the government as a whole have often been hypocrites and failed to live up to the very principles they outlined or swore to uphold. The very earliest test -- that they failed -- was to abolish slavery in all it's forms once the war with Britain had been won (the first time). One of the worst transgressions was the federalization of the fledgling American government. The next major failing was the Indian wars, instead of buying land and enriching the "savages" as well as themselves while expanding the borders of the country. All the treaties they signed and broke (representatives of the American government) was another slap at the underlying philosophy of this nation. Another failing is that States should have the right to secede from the Union. The list goes on and on, and that's why we have so many of the troubles in our country that we see today: because of broken promises, a history of hypocritical slavery, the belief by some that the creation of wealth is evil, that need surpasses rights, that redistribution of wealth is a worthy ideal, that taxation of personal income is moral, that social security is a "natural" outcome of free enterprise, that most businesspeople are monsters and the government needs to keep them in check, that a public educational system overseen by government funds and government interests and government agendas is a good thing, and, well, the list goes on, and on and on... FT