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Sunday, June 6, 2010

V4CF's Dr. Bob Merrill: Small-government conservatives 'deluded' about solutions

V4CF's own Dr. Bob Merrill hit another important nail on the head with a letter to the editor published Sunday, June 6, in the Fresno Bee. In his letter, Dr. Merrill states:
How will a smaller government aid Gulf Coast citizens whose marine environment and economic base has been destroyed, resulting in a lack of work for years to come? Believing in smaller government while population grows is akin to believing you'll win the lottery.
In the full text of this letter, he's calling you out, 'small-government' conservatives. And he's doing so most correctly. Given the problems we're facing, from the BP Oil Spill to global warming, if government-based actions are always so inappropriate, where exactly should the solutions for those problems come from? We're waiting...

Food for thought, folks. And kudos to Dr. Merrill on speaking out on the issue so powerfully!