“You want something for nothing ? The Federal Government will give it to you.

You want to avoid responsibility for bringing up your children and educating them? The Federal Government will take over.

You want to duck the job of facing your local problems and solving them? The Federal Government will do it for you.

Never mind the fact that the power and the money to do these things has to he taken from you before the Federal Government can do them for you. Every step in this direction is a loss of freedom for you!”

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