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Kris Rosvold

Commercial Services Specialist, Central Oregon Heating & Cooling

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Do we need to have a discussion with our Governments about the proper roles and, duties of government?

In the USA alone, I have watched the Federal Government take us off the gold standard resulting in my buying power being reduced by over 1/2 dollar for dollar. I have watched "our" congress remove the Glass-Stegall Act which had prevented financial melt-downs for over 45 years. I have watched our regulators ignore the fact that our food supply system is so broken that I must cook all food to well-done in order to prevent food-borne illnesses. I have watched our government mandate the food (corn) be turned into fuel with millions starving. I have watched our government start, support, and force us to pay for wars which are morally wrong, and based on lies. I believe that government, in the USA, as we now know it, is broken. So the questions are:
1) What are the PROPER roles of a government?
2) Has our (US) government over-stepped those boundaries?
3) What are the duties of a government to its' citizens?
4) How can we act to require our governments become moral (ie congruent)?

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  • Solidus Sharp

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    Apr 17 2012: We need a better way to justify and write wrong in a democracy to improve all quality of life but because most people are intreverted they fight people like us who are trying got make a real change and difference in are governments they fear the changes because they don't know the outcomes. Also this would be the best place to make a change but because you want to make thing happen in popularity contest thats the trick. Willpower is the driving force of democracy we must remove these barriers to accomplish are shared ideals and ambitions. laws of governments make just ask permission to make changes so we must make the changes in new way because the paper pushers understand this they complicated the process and made it to be almost impossible to do so fact. start with the big decision makers and hold them to their word.

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