"In the absence of governmental checks and balances present in other areas of our national life, the only effective restraint upon executive policy and power in the area of national defense and international affairs may lie in an enlightened citizenry.... Without an informed and free press, there cannot be an enlightened people."
(Sadly, even as I linked this excellent article about concerns with our executive branch, I noticed the CSM site has an ad that states you can get a $145,000 mortgage for $484 a month--a patent lie that draws a dreaming American further and further into debt. FYI, a $120,000 mortgage is going to run you over $1000 a month with escrow...if you ever really want to pay it off).
When my local college bookstore stuffs their bags with credit card offer, getting students hooked and in debt, and "good responsible" websites get profit from ads that similarly destroy the financial security of an American family, it's kind of hard to criticize our own government for causing the slow death of freedom here. We are all doing it...for our own profit...all the while claiming we are only supporting liberty.
Yeah, right. We are supporting personal profit. Period.
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Yup. And as a college professor, I can tell you that books are so expensive that some students (the frugal ones) simply don't buy them.
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