Show Monday March 14 1988 r- r i. i Editorial Ed rt a ria I We The People j By Robert Barron We the people is a statement that tells it the way it is or should be We the people is a statement that says we matter and we count for something more than a asocial asocial asocial social security number or a source of money We the people is a statement that talks of Government how is should be run and who should run it Every day we the people hear stories of some slick-shoed slick politician politician politician cian who thinks our country should be ruled by byI I Ithe the person I I the person is a statement that means the bigger my pocket book the better the country I the person is sadly be becoming oming the new j I j American dream cream We the people have a voice but does our voice mean anything When we the people raise our voice as a protest against higher taxes the I the person Govern- Govern I r 54 lff i ment will raise taxes anyway We the people have the right to a vote but does our vote mean anything anything anything any any- thing In 1976 Carter was made President even though Ford had more votes We the people pay pay for all Government jobs but does the Government ever ask we the people for a pay raise Do we wethe wethe the people ever help make laws and decide how each law should be enforced Does we the people really mean anything ng Ca Can Cani w we we stop th the needless waste of public monies that occurs each day in public schools S We the people is a statement used in in Presidential advertisements and public speeches speeches- Without a change for the better we the people peo peo- pIe live in vain and the constitution constitution constitution tion is dead |