Big Government
I’m
wondering about the landlord who constantly rails against “big
government.” How does he feel about his tenant who can’t pay her January
rent; she works for an engineering firm connected to the EPA. I’m
wondering about the owner of the small business who, since Ronald
Reagan, reflexively votes for candidates who say “government isn’t the
solution to the problem—it IS the problem.” How does
she feel when she can’t get the parts she needs to run her business
from another operation contracted with the Defense Department? I’m
wondering about the farmer who thinks the federal government is a serial
interloper on Western lands. His crops were devasted
by fire and he can’t get forms to apply for disaster relief from the
local farm services office of the USDA.
The owner of a B&B near the Gettysburg National Park, whose bookings have dried up . . .
The consumer who will be buying meat that hasn’t been inspected at that shady-looking processing plant down the road . . .
I’m
wondering if those folks have been calling the offices of their
representatives, demanding that the shutdown end and the government
re-open
immediately . . .
Just curious.
Publishing history:
Daily Freeman 1/8/19
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