The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1961-06-08
A MINUTE
WITH MI

HOW does the s9N1AEu llNAlt
man" look at his government
and what does he think about tho
way IL is run? That is a gOOt
question, and a fair one Il
We can properly classify what
or who is the little man.
should think that the average
businessman. housewife. farmel
and any salaried person would
come in that category. newspaper
men included. so we feel. by our
own opinion. justified 10 com
ment on the subject.
We have for years, wondered
il our officials, from the presi
dent on down the line, weren't
spending more time travelling and
making good will pilgrimages
than they were spending time in
the office 10 which they were
elected or appointed to serve
the people of their own country.
We make TO exception as to po
liiiczI faith or the purpose for
which they travel
We recall rousing receptions,
cool receptions, s.one-throwing
ard mob violence that has greet
ed our top diplomats. We recall
huge MONETARY promises. prom.
ises Of aid for education. food,
clothing you name IT,
We recall friendly and binding
handshakes. We recall reports TO
the American public of how sue
cessful these pilgrimages were
and of how many friends and al
lies we had nodded into on2
strong alliance dedicated to the
raising Of new democracies and
the pledges TO a new and better
free world government And
there are many more.
A look at the world situation
today causes one 10 wonder just
how much truth there is to whole
caboodle of promises, pledges
and speeches. Actually We see
little. If any, advancement for
the causes we have so religiously
applauded. and we have come 10
the conclusion that we have not
been able 10 see the forest be-
cause of the trees.
Let's take a look al home O..
what do we find7
We can find exactly the same
thing going on right here in our
own country that we are trying
20 educate against and prevent
through our diplomatic pilgrim
ages and sO-caIled educated and
civilized advice"
Headlines are being made every
day from the things we would
like 10 close our eyes 10 or warn
our neighbors against. We find
graft IN our government. We find
our congressional m Mite e
hearings and findings censored
and withheld from the public,
We find the military gaining so
much power that they are able
20 defy congress with a top Sc
cret" rubber stamp. We find our
government spending billions Of
doIIars TO which the taxpayer Is
opposed. We find communist-in-
spired student riots We find for
eign paid agents selling our top
secrets and carrying out an elab
crate program Of sabotage.
Most OF all. we find ourselves
advising others and becoming so
involved in every country in the
world that the backwash is coy
ering US up.
What does all Of this add up TO?
Well, there are q thousand differ
ent opinions and answers, pesst
mistic and optimistic But
there Is one opinion can truth.
fully quote. and that is my own
I'VE had better quit this
worldwide hedge = hopping and
give-away foreign aid, and repair
our own house and back yard
while we still have something
Of our own 10 repair"
When Il comes TO the point
where excessive taxes and forty
nine cent dollars have forced
the suspension of 7SS weekly
newspapers within the United
States from 1850 thru 1853. ! am
forced 10 start locking and won
dering How about you?
We dimly recall that a group
Of free spirited people once threw
a tea party and fought a long and
hard battle against taxation with
out representation =. What does
one do 10 combat taxation with
out the taxpayers approvalE Is
there 50 much difference
We have often heard Il said
that this is still the best country
ard best government In the
World We will 90 along with
that as we always have. bat i
sort az bothers me as 10 what my
kids and their kids. are going
40 think about IL when they
start earning and trying 70 nay
OF the huge and senseless debt
they will inherit from our gener-
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