Federal Funds to “Innocent” Victims ..

Presently congress and congressmen are agonizing about whether to fund assistance efforts to victims of disasters man made or natural.  This ethical dilemma has been confronted in the past by early leaders of our country who, in retrospect, almost certainly understood the duties of government in a republic better than we do now.  If you are concerned about this problem, I encourage you to read, or re-read “Sockdolager” which was published in this blog early on, and which still resides in the offerings presented to you July of 2009.  Take a look at this interesting story …