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Grass Roots Opinions
Franklinville, N.J. SENTINEL: "The death of nine children in one day, recently in discarded refrigerators, provided shocking evidence that the danger ... is still a very real one. Despite the fact that every death in a discarded refrigerator is inexcusable, they continue to occur because of the irresponsibility of adults.”
Babylon, N.Y. EAGLE: "It is axiomatic that when people support the government, they control the government. This is what we as a free nation have always demanded and gloried in. Now, however, the exact opposite, also axiomatic, is spreading, and has been for years: When government supports the people it will control them. That’s the last thing we want to see happen because it leads to dictatorship and tyranny.”
Hagerstown, Md., MORNING HERALD: “All we can say is, that if a large debt is a national blessing we seem to be well on the road toward eternal bliss in this coumryWe wish we could believe it.”
Freeport, Pa., JOURNAL: “We must face reality—and not expect our government to play Santa to ail wants and needs.”
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