From the Sunday April 8, 2012 edition of the Wichita Eagle Letters To The Editor:
Seeds of Socialism
Sedgwick County’s acceptance of a $1.5 million federal grant to plan for sustainable growth has grave implications (April 5 Local & State). Do not think for a minute that the consequences of the 1914-17 Russian Revolution, where the government took control of every aspect of people’s lives, cannot happen here. Imagine a world where our children are told where to live and what mode of transportation they can have and where energy usage is controlled.
The seeds of socialism have been planted and are being watered by Sedgwick County Commissioners Dave Unruh, Tim Norton and Jim Skelton, as well as six Wichita City Council members. The only elected officials with the moral courage to say “no” to this federal bribe were City Council member Michael O’Donnell and County Commissioners Richard Ranzau and Karl Peterjohn. Everyone else voted to accept this money, posturing to know what is best for us. Their rationalizations were naive, shortsighted and lacking in sound judgment, and disregarded the U.S. Constitution.
An attitude of “this will never happen here” is one of passive acceptance. I am sickened by this major step toward social engineering. This is an outrageous intrusion of government into people’s lives. We must stand up to this now, as it might be harder to get up in the future.
HELEN COCHRAN
Wichita
Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2012/04/08/2287001/letters-to-the-editor-on-bus-service.html#storylink=cpy
My Take: I hate to break this to you Helen but the seeds of Socialism have already been planted and the vegetation is overgrown in Sedgwick County and Wichita far in advance of what happened last week! From everything to government subsidizing business to public health to property taxes to public schools to building codes and zoning laws. All items just listed are anti-liberty and therefore socialistic!
Seeds of Socialism
Sedgwick County’s acceptance of a $1.5 million federal grant to plan for sustainable growth has grave implications (April 5 Local & State). Do not think for a minute that the consequences of the 1914-17 Russian Revolution, where the government took control of every aspect of people’s lives, cannot happen here. Imagine a world where our children are told where to live and what mode of transportation they can have and where energy usage is controlled.
The seeds of socialism have been planted and are being watered by Sedgwick County Commissioners Dave Unruh, Tim Norton and Jim Skelton, as well as six Wichita City Council members. The only elected officials with the moral courage to say “no” to this federal bribe were City Council member Michael O’Donnell and County Commissioners Richard Ranzau and Karl Peterjohn. Everyone else voted to accept this money, posturing to know what is best for us. Their rationalizations were naive, shortsighted and lacking in sound judgment, and disregarded the U.S. Constitution.
An attitude of “this will never happen here” is one of passive acceptance. I am sickened by this major step toward social engineering. This is an outrageous intrusion of government into people’s lives. We must stand up to this now, as it might be harder to get up in the future.
HELEN COCHRAN
Wichita
Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2012/04/08/2287001/letters-to-the-editor-on-bus-service.html#storylink=cpy
My Take: I hate to break this to you Helen but the seeds of Socialism have already been planted and the vegetation is overgrown in Sedgwick County and Wichita far in advance of what happened last week! From everything to government subsidizing business to public health to property taxes to public schools to building codes and zoning laws. All items just listed are anti-liberty and therefore socialistic!
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