elongs to the people, Montpelier has been consistently eroding that power.. In 1789 Thomas Jefferson warned that the judiciary, if given too much power, might ruin our Republic and destroy our rights. Government control of education, along with the abolition of private property is a doctrine straight out of the Communist Manifesto". Communism? The Communist Manifesto, a book by Adolf Hitler, in which he spells out his views on how a government should be run, and I believe we all know how that is. As for me, and I am sure you will agree, Hitler, and his way of thinking, is not what is best for our state, or our children. Or summed up another way, "This is Marxism", says novelist John Irving, "It's leveling everything by decimating what works." Marxism? Marxism/socialism is a body of social, political, and economic thought derived from the writings of Karl Marx and his collaborator, Fredric Engels. Their thought was simple. If the government controls everything, then the people will have nothing to worry about, and they can live happy and care free lives. This sounds all well and good, but as seen in Germany, you will never arrive at the intended goal, a goal that sounds great. Everyone working and giving all that they have to the government who will then give it back as needed. No one will ever go hungry, or ever be unable to be educated, because big brother government will take care of all your needs. This is a ludicrous dream, one that is unattainable, and if we insist on trying to attain it, just as the Germans and Russians did, then the end of our state, as we know it, is at hand. This is why many people and their towns have rebelled against Vermont's newest socialistic order. As of December 1, 1998, all towns, all "gold towns" that is, were expected to have sent in their property tax checks. Not knowing how the state government would react, four towns, Wilmington, Whitingham, Dover, and Searsburg, refused to ...
