The well-being of the nation rests to a large extent on people like those in Hubby's tale, and there is no question their freedoms should be protected and their initiative encouraged and even fostered.

This in no respect gainsays or alters the necessity for a compassionate nation in which those who have given their all over the years can retire in safety, and those whose burdens are too great can find assistance. Not everyone has the boundless energy and unscarred wit of an eighteen-year-old couch potato.

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