Who is the government? Is our government a “father figure,” a “big brother” or an “elite club”? No!
President F.D. Roosevelt said, “Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a president and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.”
The writers of our Constitution feared government’s involvement into every single aspect of our lives. President Woodrow Wilson said, “The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of governmental power, not the increase of it.”
Many candidates promise freebies they know we can’t afford. When something is too good to be true, it often is.
President Reagan said, “The most terrifying words in the English language are: “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”
Susan Scheib Przybylek
Buffalo Township