Things change but sometimes the old way is...

best. I had an Economics professor that said the government hates strong families and will do all it can to break them down: subsidizing divorce, single parenthood, retirement homes and food stamps - that way the people have a debt to pay they can't overcome. I notice some truth in that, but don't expect a change anytime soon. This morning watching Korean television a financial adviser is giving a class on the importance of solid families in building strong nations. Now, I do want you to understand that Korea is picking up most of the things I don't like about Western values, but they do it all from an Asian point of view. But the first thing that rang true was the strength of the nation is in the families that take care of themselves and have a bounty they can share, that they are strong enough to add to the wealth and power of the nation. The strength of a country isn't in the number of rescued corporations, unemployed nor banks with lots of property they foreclosed on, the strength of the nation is on the working people, the functioning families and community of people that care to work together. The strength of our nation cannot be built on what we can take from those that have and give to those that don't - but on what those that have can share and help those that don't. Current government seems to believe that you will improve health care by taking a lot and giving back so much less.... does that make it a strong nation?