Citizens should work for changes in American life

Vivian Moon, Mercer



There’s a strong wind starting to blow at all government levels. Will it get stronger and bring good change? Only if those who cherish the basic constitutional foundation are willing to help clear the way and keep it so directed.

No-fault, easy divorce has destroyed solidity of  families, resulting in children going from “time out” in school to time out in jails.

Churched families are happier, healthier and good money managers. It’s not the religion it’s the community it builds of caring, loving friends. Children know the strong arm of a father and that “no” means no before they are 3 years old. There’s no need for physical, mental abuse or drugs.

Adults and children handed gifts and welfare subsistence with no obligation, lose their motivation to develop their talents, to use their head and hands for creativity. They lose their chance to develop true self esteem and confidence. Instead, there’s a chip on their shoulder.

This develops into bitterness and resistance to the law, family, job and community responsibilities.

Instead of looking to government, communities need to restore sound, compulsory family-based education (home economics) in schools. Those who care for their housing and family should be allowed to buy equity in the provided housing.

To remain on welfare they must take two years of academic or vocational training. If they then do not provide for themselves, they be should be given a public service job.

Today’s unions and minimum wage have ruined the American ethic. Like it or not, we are competing globally, and union stewards have members believing that without their input and union dues salaries will plummet and we’ll be in huts.

They have destroyed worker-management cooperation and created worker carelessness. Thus many industries left to survive. Industry pays salaries to keep good conscientious workers.

America has lots of those, now having to search and retrain for lower paying positions farther away.

Union dues should be moved to household budgets and plant employee rep resentatives should be working for unity, which built our industrial revolution.

Global trade’s cost comes due for Americans

Bud McKelvey, Hermitage



Who will join me in a pity party for the poor Toyota car company? Let’s not forget all of the Americans who bought these foreign clunkers.

Apparently these car buyers never seen the bumper stickers or flags being waved which means “Buy American.”

Just think, if everyone of these Toyota drivers would have bought a Ford, GM or Chrysler product how many people would still be working in plants that would not have shut down.

Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood told Toyota owners to stop driving their vehicles and then took it back. Why?

I can’t wait for the lawsuits to start coming in when someone loses a loved one because Mr. Lahood took back his statement.

Actually, our government should have been saying for years, “stop driving foreign cars and buy American.”

I wonder what’s going to happen when the Chinese communists start sending their garbage cars over here? Will we have a new group of people who will buy nothing but communist cars?

What if Vietnam starts making cars; will people in good old U.S.A. buy them? You can take it to the bank.

I know no one can force people to buy American but if the government would spend more time on this issue than foreign aid, unconstitutional wars and spending billions on taking care of illegal immigrants, just maybe we can be an economic force in the world. Again.