It may well be that that was the reason we encouraged your predecessors to take the same approach when they went to Washington some forty years ago. Events subsequent have made it abundantly clear to us that whatever economies were to be achieved have long since been lost through excessive regulatory expense, administrative costs, and sadly, bureaucratic corruption. These later two will be reviewed and phased into a less-intrusive retirement system a few years hence. We do not appreciate alarmist suggestions that we will not honor our contract with older Americans. Bite your tongue.
Schools are, and always have been, locally controlled.
We desire to inculcate the values of our community in our youth. These are a matter of local taste, and the purview of local benefactors. If such measures alone would have been sufficient, we would have instructed your predecessors to take that action. See disposition of federal assets. All federal environmental laws and wildlife regulations must be eliminated.