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GOVERNMENT CAN NO LONGER RESPOND AS IF THE PEOPLE HAD GIVEN
IT A BLANK CHECK WITH COMPLETE FREEDOM TO CHANGE THE PAYEE
AS POLITICS MAY DICTATE, THE TEMPER OF THE TIMES HAS CHANGED,
ONE NEEDS ONLY TO READ THE NEWSPAPER AND FOLLOW WHAT THE
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE SAYING TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE
SIZE AND ROLE OF GOVERNMENT HAS BECOME AN ISSUE OF CONSEQUENCE,
COMMENTS REGARDING THE SUBJECT FILL THE AIRWAYS AND THE
PAGES OF OUR NEWSPAPERS;
"GOVERNMENT IS TOO BIG"
"IT DOES NOT FUNCTION"
"THE GOVERNMENT NO LONGER CARES"
IN THE INDIANA PRIMARY THIS WEEK, A SURVEY OF VOTERS SHOWED
THAT THE BIG GOVERNMENT ISSUE WAS A FACTOR IN PRESIDENT FORD'S
DEFEAT, ONE WRITER NOTED,
IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS NO LONGER MY
FRIEND."
THERE IS A NEED FOR CONGRESS TO UNDERSTAND THIS PUBLIC
MOOD! TO TAKE NOTE OF WHY THIS MOOD EXISTS AND MOVE TO RESOLVE
THOSE LEGITIMATE GRIEVANCES THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE AGAINST THEIR
GOVERNMENT,
IT IS DIFFICULT TO CAPSULIZE WHY MANY PEOPLE FEEL mTS
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SOME OF OUR CITIZENS HAVE BECOME CYNICS BECAUSE GOVERNMENT
PROGRAMS WERE OVERSOLD, EXPECTATIONS RAISED, AND THE GOVERNMENT