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Published: May 02, 2008 11:44 am    print this story   email this story  

Don’t rely on government to solve problems

The editor:

I am writing this letter in response to Ms. Tonia Noe-Rose’s column in which she describes her (unfortunately common) despair at the high prices of food, gas, and housing. What many people do not recognize that this “recession” is actually a readjustment from the over-spending boom of the 1990’s... a move back toward a more normal and sustainable economy. Of course, it is painful, but we must remember that it is we ourselves who made it that way.

We chose to build our schools on the outskirts of town and we chose to live 30 miles from work, even though we have no control over the price of gas. We lose our cars and houses not because of some failing of the government, but because we chose to buy cars and houses that we could not, in the first place, afford.

As for those families that are going to “starve to death,” as Ms. Noe-Rose puts it, did those families forget that food grows from the ground for free? It is my opinion that the price of gas isn’t high enough. Only through highly inflated gas prices are we going to recognize the wisdom of supporting our own local food growers, and the wisdom of keeping our cities from sprawling across the county.

We don’t need a government solution to our problems, we need to feel the pain, learn from our mistakes, and start making our lives less dependent on things we cannot control.

David Flora
Morehead

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