Great article! Our reverence for freedom, principally represented by our distrust of government, is what makes co-existence workable. We agree (for the most part) to tolerate one another mutually in exchange for peace and prosperity. Those people who grow government, and utilize government, to propel themselves forward, and inevitably force others down, are destabilizing our imperfect, though mostly workable arrangement, just as it really starts to work.

Dr. Williams, I've read your columns the better part of my life. You and Thomas Sowell are two people whose hands I hope someday to shake and thank you both. You've kept this white boy, of liberal roots grounded in the truth. Funny thing, my only other hero is MLK. Yet, liberals have referred to me as a racist bigot when all of my heroes are black. I am no racist bigot, just a still learning libertarian from Virginia.

Thank you for your clarity, honesty and great reading.

Jim

Dear Walter Williams. Good article. You're absolutely right. Americans are hard workers, but politicians have taken their stable 'Heartbeat of America' jobs in clothing, steel and furniture manufacturing!
'POLITICIANS ARE TAKERS -NOT CREATORS!' THE ONLY WAY AMERICAN WORKERS WILL SURVIVE IS 'THE 'DO IT YOURSELF' WAY! READ ON!

When will the American people stop trusting politicians, get off their duffs, take to their backyards, garages, basements, or spare room, and start creating clothes, furniture, toys, sell at flea markets, to neighbors, and start asking your friends and neighbors if they want to do the same!

YOU'LL BE AMAZED AT WHAT YOU 'CAN DO!' GUESS WHAT, YOU CAN CREATE AMERICAN MADE GOODS AND EVENTUALLY START A SMALL COMPANY, WITHOUT GOVERNMENT. HEARTBEAT OF AMERICA WAS STARTED THIS WAY!

The following article appeared in News-Record, but people are going to have to realize "Politicians are TAKERS - NOT CREATORS!'

Article read - 'Creating jobs isn't so easy, council finds' - "City council candidates push

incentives and better government! Taxpayers need to read comments by those

running for local, state, and federal goverment. If making sure

'infrastructures' are in place and giving businesses more incentives is the

best you can do to 'promote jobs', you're the problem, not the solution!

Dell is classic of all failed infrastructures and incentives!

When politicians sold America out, creating Nafta, Cafta, and foreign trade

in place, they took away millions of jobs in clothing, steel and furniture!

These companies were the "Heartbeat of America!" Politicians stating

"America will become a Service Country"! The only thing now being serviced

is unemployment, social, welfare programs, public schools, non-profits, and

other unnecessary government programs that America can no longer afford!

"Politicians dreaming again", if they think computers, cars and housing

would be needed if there's no American manufacturing companies, putting

people back to work, which produce American-made goods, selling neighbor to

neighbor, thus creating stability!

With trillions in debt, borrowed by politicians with very deep pockets, isn't

it about time to start thinking about cutting politicians salaries and

retirements to $12,000.00 yearly? Don't you think Taxpayers have been

discriminated against long enough?