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Government
As Savior
by Pat Pending
(8/13/01)
1. Recent news
reports have pointed out that the agency charged with protecting the
quality of ground water in Kentucky is not doing its job.
Mine waste and raw sewage are allowed to enter our streams and our
ground water, despite the fact that we have people on the government’s
payroll who are supposed to protect us from these types of discharges.
2. Recent news
reports have pointed out that child protection agencies are not protecting
children. First the children
are abused by their parents, and then they are abused by the state
agencies who are supposed to be protecting them, either through neglect or
through active abuse.
3. Recent news
reports have pointed out that the people charged with overseeing the
financing of elections were themselves large contributors to the
governor’s campaigns – something like the fox guarding the henhouse.
4. Recent news
reports have pointed out that the people on the state payroll charged with
overseeing mine safety are not doing their jobs properly, and miners
continue to be at risk for black lung disease and other mine-related
injuries.
5. Recent news
reports have pointed out that the government’s nuclear plant at Paducah
has been emitting large amounts of toxic nuclear contamination, causing
serious illness and death, and only after decades of fighting have victims
begun to receive compensation for their injuries.
6. Recent news
reports say that we need to establish new government planning and zoning
commissions to protect us from smelly hog farms and chicken farms and to
prevent people from building trailer parks next door to million dollar
homes. The reports recognize
that many people are opposed to this, even referring to it as a
“communist” approach, but they say the people need to be
“re-educated”. It should
be noted that the city of Houston, which has no zoning, does not have any
serious problems with smelly farms or trailer parks adversely affecting
residential areas. On what basis do people believe that government, after
screwing up the five tasks described above, can be trusted with planning
and zoning? Isn’t blind
faith a wonderful thing?
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