Show A housewives POINT or OF VIEW I 1 wonder why people show allow such apathy in attending city and noun county budget me meetings betings could it be that they dont want to feel they are prying seeing where the tax dollar goes is a right and a privilege I 1 am sure that clear thinking officials welcome construct constructive ivo suggestions gest ions from taxpayers like governor lee says the more money politicians get the more power got to take more I 1 wonder why we are getting so go excited about russia if and when wo we become involved with them and it seems to bo be a foregone conclusion of our leaders that we will our nation will rally as it did on pearl harbor lay day and we will be united goodness knows the national nal budget includes enough funds earmarked for defense to give us teddy Roosevel ts big stick what really warrie wn rrie me is i what our leaders are doing wheedling pushing coaxing and buying their way in to socialize our nation someone once told me that the decline of the roman empire began when those in power bestowed favors and doles on those who had helped to build that vast empire to the generations 19 come will these last few years mark the turning point john adams second president of the united states said THERE NEVER WAS A DEMOCRACY IN ALL HISTORY WHICH COMMIT SUICIDE the more I 1 read about socialized medicine the more convinced am I 1 that it is not for us some very interesting te information was brought out by harold E stassen who has made a thorough study on the british health program bartic particularly impressive was one inte interview arview by mr stassen of a kindly doctor who had served his hia countrymen for more than a third of a century this doctor was disturbed because he could not give his patients as good care as he did before in answer to the question why the doctor went on to say that while the appealing slogan medical service free to all sounds good these consequences cannot be escaped A small part of the people who are malingerers malinger ers or who exaggerate their aches or who are driaus and imagine they are ill continually clog their offices take tak up their precious time and constantly a ask for unneeded service they get in the way of those who really need medical care the doctor goes on to say bay that before the program was enacted he w was as taking care of about as many patients as his energy and time would permit ile he was keeping up with the latest developments reported in medical journals was acting on various local committees but now week after week b he e wastes hours making out forms a and n d reports attending committee me meetings e t called over this and that and ild the other in the mere administration of the law and in responding to patients requests for service service that is unnecessary this interferes with his care of those who really need help it has also largely stopped the development of the preventive side of his work and has slowed the advance of his own professional fess ional information please tell our friends in america he concluded NEVER NEVER NEVER adopt such a program |