Dear Little Hawk,

Do I detect a little American Indian affiliation by your screen name?

I believe socialists participate in 50% ownership in production and cover all needs of the citizens from cradle to grave.

Most of the democrat party has been infiltrated by unreasonable anti-constitutional hard-cores. Pat Moynahan and the other real democrats are long gone. Traficant has now been ostracized by his peers.

This is exactly what I'm referring to in the US. Our taxation at all levels (fed, state, local) is now about 45%.

This is a level seven times higher than the tax burden paid by our parents.

We have medicare, Social(ism) Security and a massive bureaucracy.

Well, I don't know about being a Canadian, but I do know about living in the sticks both in the midwest (NE) and also in the northeast (ME) Sticks are good.

"do you think people are:

1. basically good in their nature?

or

2. basically evil in their nature?

I mean, just people in general...what say?"

That's a tough question actually;

My first impulse was to say good, but then there is the Cain/Able deal.

The reason I chose that is because people want to be loved and most well adjusted folks obey the golden rule for that reason.

Many big city people are not well adjusted and are at least rude if not downright cruel.

I think evil people are being tortured inside perhaps having been denied love as a child and totally devoid of the lessons we all took for granted from mom, dad and grandma.

I only associate with good people. (Unless they've all been fooling me)

You seem to be one.

MAV