| State of California (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Solano, Sonoma Counties) | November 3, 1998 General |
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Why I Became A LibertarianBy Emil P. RossiCandidate for United States Representative; District 1 |
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After World War II the U.S. Government started the program called the G.I. Bill of Rights. It sounded great to give our returning boys a bonus for their service to their country. A veteran could go to most schools but not ALL schools. The school had to pass certain conditions. In which case a good deal of money could be had. If a veteran wanted to start a business, again most businesses but not ANY business. A very low interest loan was available. If a veteran wanted to build a house they could build it most places and most designs but not ANY place and ANY design. There were other programs available. Which, of course, you had to do as those elite directed. If you did not do it their way you got nothing. No matter that you were wounded or the battles you were in. In the middle 1930's the government gave all veterans a bonus. My father, who was also a private in the infantry in World War I got a check with no restrictions, just money. He could take a cruise with the money, go into business or spend it on wine, women and song till it was all gone. That was the old America before the brain trust who told all those veterans the proper life style. I wrote about this inequity, some years back, to a number of members of the U.S. Legislation. Out of the eight letters I wrote only two responded. "Thank you for their thoughts" was their answer. I sent the letters to both the republicans and the democrats. I could only presume that they could not read. A very shameful period of our history was the Vietnam War. Here we were not only telling people how they should live, but killing them to make them follow what we think is the way they should live. The new messia! The most shameful part was that if one went to college, one could avoid the draft and become one of the royal intelligensia. The rest could be drafted to become cannon fodder. This is why I was a Libertarian long before there was a Libertarian Party. |
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