Just thought some of you might find this interesting--especially when you check the documentation.



Willis Manson West, a professor of History at the University of Minnesota askes in his chapter "America Faces New Tasks," "are we proud of our past record as a nation?" He goes on, "We are responsible for keeping a record, one of which our children need not be ashamed." Then he questions again, "are our Democrat and Republican leaders making this massive health care bill into something our children will live to be ashamed of? Will the wars we get ourselves into going to come back to haunt our children and grandchildren?" Then responding to his own questions he claims, "If each of us managed our financial and personal lives the way Congress is managing out nation, we would be bankrupt and belong to our creditors just as they are now" (525).

Work Cited

West, Ruth and Willis Manson West. The Story of Our Country. "America Faces New Tasks." New York: Allyn and Bacon, 1935.



Curious--how many times must we allow the same mistakes before the catastrophe is greater than we can survive?