It is not often that a man with this standing, stands up to
power and speaks the truth. We have
noticed that there are more governors who are becoming comfortable with saying
no to Washington. That is good; very
good because the hope for America now rests with the strength and forbearance
of strong, economically successful states that adhere to American
fundamentals. The California and
Illinois templates are doomed to failure.
Many others still choose to play the game; go along to get along; always
on the make for one more handout; one more “federal government program” to ensnare
the people a bit deeper into the briar patch of dependency.
Not so with Paul LePage.
We introduced you to this man one month ago with a posting entitled, “Do
you know Paul LePage?” (See: http://thefundamentalsus.blogspot.com/2012/06/do-you-know-paul-lepage.html
).
We begin today by asking you to spend a few minutes to
listen to Mr. LePage’s recent radio address about America, dependency, Obama and
his solutions and other pertinent observations about being a citizen of this
country in these very strange and distorted times. Please go to:
http://www.dirigoblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Government-run-Health-Care-.mp3
Also, Mr. LePage offers a website to keep current with his
actions for Mainers. It is a wonderful
repository of good ideas and common sense (go to: http://www.maine.gov/governor/lepage/
) TheFundamentals has taken the liberty
of snitching some of the ideas and common sense from Mr. LePage’s website and
presenting them below with full attribution.
We have found no one who can say as much in as few words as Mr. LePage:
“It’s time to get Maine working again, and that
means tearing down the roadblocks that establishment politicians have built
over the past 40 years. Smaller, smarter government is the key to new jobs and
financial security for Maine families.”
“Reducing Maine’s excessive tax burden so Maine
families can keep more of their own money is the right thing to do. You know
how best to spend or save your hard-earned wages, not government.”
“Welfare should be a temporary helping hand to get
Mainers back on their feet – not a lifestyle and ticket to permanent dependence
on government.”
An interesting fact.
Did you think that Maine was one of our original thirteen colonies? It was not.
It was actually a part of the commonwealth of Massachusetts until 1820
when it voted to secede from Massachusetts (excellent judgment Mainers!) and
then joined the US of A as our 23rd state. Did you know that Maine was just one of two
states that did not support Franklin Roosevelt in the 1936 election? The other was Vermont. So much for “as Maine goes so goes the
nation.” More recently Maine has
supported the last five Democrat candidates for president including the
incumbent. One of the many peculiarities
that fascinates this essayist are the voting idiosyncrasies of Americans – Obama
for president; LePage for governor? By
the way, over 90% of Mainers are non Hispanic whites. The official state treat of Maine is the
“Whoopie Pie.” This is what a whoopie
pie looks like:
The world’s largest whoopie pie ever was made in Maine last
year. It weighed 1,062 pounds. There is hope for America.
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