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I wish to incite all Christians to rise up and take back the United States of America with all of God's manifold blessings. We want the free allowance of the Bible and prayers allowed again in schools, halls of justice, and all governing bodies. We don't seek a theocracy until Jesus returns to earth because all men are weak and power corrupts the very best of them.
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The world seems to be in a time of discontent among the populace. Christians should not fear. God is Love, shown best through Jesus Christ. God is still in control. All Glory to our Creator and to our God!


A favorite quote from my good friend, Jack Plymale, which I appreciate:

"Wars are planned by old men,in council rooms apart. They plan for greater armament, they map the battle chart, but: where sightless eyes stare out, beyond life's vanished joys, I've noticed,somehow, all the dead and mamed are hardly more than boys(Grantland Rice per our mutual friend, Sarah Rapp)."

Thanks Jack!

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Saturday, October 17, 2015

Kasich Plan to shrink two Federal Programs ... Thx Marge R!

Kasich is right- Shrink National Strengthen Local government

Presidential Hopeful Kasich Would Downsize Transportation and Education Departments

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The latest polling average on RealClearPolitics puts Kasich’s support at 2.3 percent among primary voters.The latest polling average on RealClearPolitics puts Kasich’s support at 2.3 percent among primary voters. Jose Luis Magana/AP
John Kasich, the popular Republican governor of the swing state of Ohio whose presidential campaign remains mired in single-digit polling numbers, took aim at the Transportation and Education departments in an op-ed published Friday in The Washington Post.
“Americans don’t need a costly federal highway bureaucracy,” he wrote in an essay arguing that Washington is obsolete. “I will return the federal gas taxes to the states, leaving only a sliver with the federal government for truly national needs. Then, I will downsize the Transportation Department and reassign it a smaller role, supporting states with research and safety standards. Federal spending would go down, resources available for highways and transit could go up, and states could work faster.”
Kasich vowed similar treatment of the Education Department. “Washington isn’t America’s principal or its teacher,” he wrote. “Education is a local issue, and decisions should be made by parents, our communities and our local educators. We need high standards, but they are not Washington’s business. I will bundle the department’s funds and send them back to the states with fewer strings attached. The department will be a research center and a local school booster, not a micromanager.”
The thrust of Kasich’s piece is that the “anemic growth” of today’s economy is traceable not to the federal government doing too little but its doing too much. This was never envisioned in the Founding Fathers’ notion of federalism with states as the key players in programs such as job training and Medicaid, he argued.
The former House Budget Committee chairman reiterated the common Republican plans for tax cuts, spending cuts, curbs on regulation and entitlement reform.
“There may have been a time when our nation’s size and complexity required a strong, centralized government, but today’s technology gives states access to the same ideas and capabilities as Washington — and they can execute faster and more efficiently,” Kasich wrote.
The latest polling average on RealClearPolitics puts Kasich’s support at 2.3 percent among primary voters.
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