How much government do we need? Well, maybe more than Somalia and less than Iran. But the rant and rave crowd says we have to much government which interferes with our freedom. But why are we able to complain over many communication outlets. I would like to look back in history and look at our federal and some states involvement.
Just twenty six years after the signing of the constitution in 1787, we made the Louisiana purchase.
In 1847 California joined the Union following Texas.
The land grant college written by Morrill was first vedoed by President Buchanan (Democrat) and resubmitted and signed by President Lincoln (Republican).
A few years later the civil war started and the slaves were freed in 1865.
After the civil war Federal Government gave land grants to the railroad company's to go west.
In the late 40's we had the GI bill which gave a advanced education to returning soldiers from WWII.
In the 1950's it was the interstate hiway system funded by tax dollars.
In the 70's to present, the rewards of the land grant college system and its expansion are a full book of achievements.
To mention just three,(1) Internet, (2) GPS, (3)Hybrid corn
Where I grew up Wisconsin in 1950 a good crop of corn was 50 bushels per acre. The 2009 harvest yielded a average of 200 bushels. The engineers and scientist educated at land grant colleges are the primary authors of the three achievements. Look at the preceding blog as a affect on jobs today.
The rant and rave far right tea party group of today would do non of the above.
Is government action always good? NO! That what our democracy does, it is the control we all have.
The rant and rave far right tea party group to day say the stimulus program is ineffective. A part of the stimulus is a 30% grant for new wind generation is a job producer, income producer and tax revenue producer. More about this later.
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