The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-12-21
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To anyone who has read Ed
ward Gibbons famous work, the
decline and fall of the roman en-
pire, the striking parallel between
what happened in Rome and what
is happening in the United States
today must be frightening indeed.
Gibbcn begins his story when the
emperors were destroying the Re-
public and the story of the decline
of America could begin when the
New Deal began it's destructive
work in the United States.
In Rome, the emperors, through
many guises and rushes, kept the
country in a continual state of tur-
MOL and crisis while they bled
the citizens with high taxes and
at the same time recklessly dis
tributed huge amounts of corn to
the gang of ruffians that support
ed them. They openly bought votes
on the streets of Rome and al
though they paid tribute to the
Senate, it was a tribute of hypocri-
cy because the Senate was not
only powerless, but under the COM
plete control of the emperors.
The emperors continued to en-
croach on the rights of the people
until the economy of the country
was destroyed and the people sub
iect to the idiotic whims of man
named Nero.
Since the beginning of the New
Deal in the United States, SINH
lar process has been going on. The
men that brought the New Deal
brought also many promises of a
glorious future, but it seems that
only those in power can see any,
thing glorious about the future or
the present for that matter.
Within a few years of the ad-
vent of the New Deal, World War
II broke out and since then tine
country has been kept in state
of emergency by those who wish
only to grab more power for them
selves.
We have seen the Korean War
draggin gon an don while the poll
ticians squeeze every ounce of po~
litical hay out of the situation.
They have used it as lever to
pry increasing amounts of money
out of the taxpayers. The crown
ing blow came last week when
Congress voted $5.6 billion tax
raise.
When the tax bill was first pre-
scented to the House, it was defeat
ed, but it was taken to the Senate
and after a few minor and insig-
nifcant changes it was returned
to the House. This time the Presi-
dent whipped up Juror by threat
ening the House with a special
session if they did not pass the
bill and the bill was passed.
Within few weeks the govern
ment will be spending over a bill
lion dollars week and a large
portion of this will be gong to
supporters of the administration
in the form of subsidies which is
nothing more than a legal way Of
buying votes.
Ramifcations of this wild spend
ing spree are beginning to show
up in other places. The President
wants to allow government agen-
cies to censor their releases so
that nothing that will prove en-
barrassing to them will get to the
press. The embarrassing incidents
probably occur as a result of
spending money so fast that now
and then slight error that wastes
a dirty old billion or two of the
taxpayers money is uncovered.
The time has come to stop the
gluttony Of government and to put
men in the government who will
take positive steps to correct the
damage that has already been
done to our national institutions.
If not, students of history in the
future may well read the story
of the decline and fall of the Unit
ed States and the last chapter may
read, "While the city of Washing
ton and the Nation was consumed
by atomic fires, Harry S. Truman,
the last of the Presidents, enter
tanned a few close friends on his
palatial yacht with a wild and
frenzied version of the Missouri
Waltz played on a gold-plated cash
register"