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Here in California, we are recalling a governor for his wasteful spending, which led to a record budget shortfall .....

Here in California, we are recalling a governor for his wasteful spending, which led to a record budget shortfall ...?

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I honestly did not realize things had gotten this bad. I have spoken out against the Education Bill and the Medicare insanity, but it is obvious that as wasteful as are those programs, there is a compounding of waste elsewhere.

I say waste, because that is what it is. There were two reasons that many Conservatives greeted the Reagan triumph as a chance to get the Federal Government out of Health, Education & Welfare. The first was the more obvious, that such Federal involovement is simply not sanctioned by the Constituttion. The second, sometimes overlooked, is that these programs have consistently been counter-productive from the standpoint of social values, positive progress, and economic reality.

I have been pursuing a policy of selective criticism, hoping somehow to help those who are trying to wake the Republican Administration up. I realize that that is not very satisfactory to those who want to put the whole picture on the table at a given moment. It is an attempt to marry the pragmatic to the idealistic. But I am well aware, that ultimately, the most pragmatic course is the one which does not shirk one's duty to oppose that which is wrong. As our beloved first American, George Washington put it, "honesty is always the best policy."

William Flax Return Of The Gods Web Site