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D-2 Opinion Wednesday, June 7, 2017 The Press-Dispatch al program will surely bail you out. And you don't have to be poor, friendless, handi- capped or underprivileged to get that help. The bigger your business and the more egregious your errors, the more you can expect the feds to save you. Americans have been sliding into dependency ev- er since the New Deal be- gan federalizing every- one's problems, and partic- ularly since Lyndon John- son launched his so-called "Great Society." What fell by the wayside was the pre- vious American way of deal- ing with adversity, the era when people in need turned to the civil society around them — the safety net of families, friends, church- es, local doctors, and poli- ticians. All that changed with the proliferation of federal pro- grams doling out benefits on an industrial scale. Federal involvement in everything from retirement (Social Se- curity), health care (Medi- care and Medicaid) and ed- ucation grew by leaps and bounds, making more and more Americans dependent on faceless bureaucrats they never meet. It all adds up to a profound loss of the self-reliance that built this country and made it great. Many of our seem- ingly benevolent programs succeed only in weaken- ing people and condemn- ing them to endless depen- dency. This is why conserva- tives want to cut government down to size. As President Reagan said in his first In- augural Address, "It is not my intention to do away with government. It is, rather, to make it work — work with us, not over us; to stand by our side, not ride our back." Critics call that heart- less. But to allow our pres- ent trajectory to continue unchecked is senseless. It's time to change course — be- fore it's too late. Ed Feulner is president of The Heritage Foundation (www.heritage.org). Continued from page 1 SAFETY Continued from page 1 BUDGET When the war ended, Sti- gler was just a handful of German pilots still alive. Life was not kind for him af- ter the war, but eventually he immigrated to Canada. He often wondered if the plane made it back to Eng- land and what became of the crew. Fifty-years later and af- ter much searching Sti- gler learned that the plane not only had made it back, all survived except for one crew member. Along with Stigler, the Army Airforce kept the matter secret and threatened the men not to tell the story, even though they were due several med- als and citations. You would think after 50 years hearts on both sides would soften. Not so for Stigler; when word spread through the media of this event, he received deriding letters from German survi- vors of the war, and a few death threats. Hatred often follows death, and you cannot make another person cast aside a bitter grudge and extend to others mercy and grace. But within the code of hon- or that Stigler lived by, one finds the words of Paul that are often used to describe the honored dead, and they become alive when the en- tire passage is read: "You see, at just the right time, when we were still power- less, Christ died for the un- godly. Very rarely will any- one die for a righteous per- son, though for a good per- son someone might possibly dare to die. But God demon- strates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Memorial Day is past, but we would be well served to be the anti-war Church that we once were. The world would be well served, may- be even transformed! Think about it. Continued from page 1 PART II Continued from page 1 HOAX Continued from page 1 TRAGIC When police asked Cash why he didn't help the lit- tle girl, he replied that it was none of his business. He said he didn't care about the victim because he didn't know her. He mentioned oth- er parts of the world where people were suffering catas- trophes, and said he didn't care about them either, for the same reason. But he was heartbroken for his friend Strohmeyer, who was go- ing away to prison. In this respect, the athletic cartel's executives, Target execu- tives and other like-minded corporate executives resem- ble Cash. Fair-minded readers may recoil from the comparison, but I believe it is apt. Like Strohmeyer's companion, the anti-privacy executives care extravagantly about the autonomy and prerog- atives of "friends," people they know. They are utter- ly indifferent to unknown victims who suffer the di- sastrous consequences. Such victims are, as Timothy McVeigh called children who died in his Oklahoma bombing, mere "collateral damage." The policy they demand will certainly result in fur- ther attacks, and in many lesser acts of menace and voyeurism against women and girls who should be able to feel safe in a toilet stall. What a pity that the newspa- per didn't confront the gro- tesque David Cash mindset in corporate boardrooms and sport cartels. net edition yeah, it's that fast! Z M www.PressDispatch.net/Subscribe It's The Press-Dispatch. No matter where you live. Delivered every Wednesday morning! Add it for $5 to your current print subscription or stand-alone for $35/year. Court Report CRIMINAL Pike Circuit court Logan T. McCandless charged with count I intimidation, a level 6 felony, count II carrying a handgun without a license, and count III criminal mis- chief. Aaron J. Kell charged with count I dealing in methamphetamine, a level 3 felony, count II possession of meth- amphetamine, count III maintaining a common nuisance – controlled sub- stances, count IV unlawful possession of a syringe, and count V possession of marijuana. Michael M. Bruce charged with count I dealing in methamphetamine, a level 3 felony, count II possession of methamphetamine, and count III un- lawful possession of syringe. 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