re: I'm Proud to be an American, Where At Least I Know I'm Free?

quote:

---

Maybe people will eventually realize they don't need an overbearing nanny state.

---

I grew up in the 50s. Imagine a scale measuring individual liberty vis-a-vis govt control over the individual with '1' being in favor of the individual and 10 being all control in the hands of govt.

If you want to describe 2014 as a '5' then 1955 was a '2'. We've moved that far along the line and it isn't going to stop moving in that direction.

Just a fraction of the differences:

You could buy cigarettes out of a vending machine.
No seat belt laws.
No motorcycle helmet laws.
No welfare or medicaid.
No forced busing to schools 20 miles away.
The Dem party was extreme right wing compared to today.
The Supreme Court was dominated by strict constructionists.
The EPA and Dept. of Education did not exist.
The Govt did not confiscate privately owned cattle.

I could go on.