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Show Where Do You Stand? Basically there are but two political philosophies. One sets the citizen above the state that is what we have had in this country under our representative form of government. govern-ment. The other sets the state above the citizen and results re-sults in the oppression that has bedeviled the human race throughout the ages. Currently, socialism and communism commun-ism represent the ultimate in the latter philosophy. That is why present-day planners who advocate greater and greater government domination over the individual avoid these names like the plague. They promote government ownership of industry, they endorse compulsory medical taxes, they tour the country at the taxpayers' expense in support of Federal power "authorities" and constantly harp on the theme that the capabilities of private industry indus-try are inadequate. Their program from start to finish is socialism, and yet if it is so defined they cry "libelous". Regardless of the sensitivities of the disguised socialist, it is of the greatest importance to define his aims. If this country is to abandon the system of government upon which is was founded, let's do it deliberately, not by subterfuge. sub-terfuge. In an outstanding editorial the American Druggist Drug-gist declares: "Up to now no important politician has openly asked us to choose between democracy and socialism social-ism or some other kind of statism, but we are being urged to support candidates for Congress who favor political programs pro-grams that definitely express much more faith in government gov-ernment control than in the individual character and ability abil-ity of the average citizen .... "If we have come to the conclusion that the individual problems of most people are too much for them, and that the only hope is in a benevolent government, then let us set up a super government .... but let us do it with our eyes open. On the other hand, if we still believe that the only real security for any citizen is his individual freedom of opportunity, it is our conviction that the time has come to stand up and declare ourselves . . . . " a a |