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To: Mama Bear who wrote (2615)	5/5/1999 5:04:00 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13056

No, Barb, it is not...But remember, I started out saying that I thought that the primary agents of moralization were parents and mediating institutions, but that government could not afford to be perfectly neutral, and that is where the trouble started:-).....

To: Mama Bear who wrote (2615)	5/6/1999 3:19:00 PM
From: Richard Babusek	Respond to of 13056

Barb, I have a palpable love for our founding fathers. I have read many writings of Jefferson, and The Declaration of Independence stands out unique in style and contents among his writings. In a very real way I consider it to be an inspired document. I'm not the first to consider it as the preamble to the constitution. I always get an emotional rush considering what the signers meant when they pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor. The very same Thomas Jefferson had a continuing correspondence with James Madison where he elaborated on an idea “the earth belongs to the living”. The substance of this idea was that by government we could (legally not morally) pass on a massive net negative to the next generation. This called into dishonor deficit spending, which requires our grandchildren to pay the bills of their dead progenitors. This provokes the question “Can the dead bind the living?”. Beyond that he made attempts for years to think of mechanical ways to protect against such an occurrence, to be implemented by law. Some of his ideas on the subject were truly awful. Thank God he listened to correspondents he tried his ideas out on, who told him so. I think of the human side of these men and their feet of clay, whenever I hear talk that tends to deify them. It also gives me courage that us mortals are capable of great things. Ricardo