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What’s the problem?
Too much growth of
government, says
Cochrane.
There are different
indices that measure
government intrusiveness.
Cochrane points to the
Doing Business report
from the World Bank,
which measures the
difficulty in starting and
running a business.
Other more general
measures of economic
freedom — one from the
Fraser Institute in
Vancouver, Canada,
another from the Heritage
Foundation in
Washington, D.C. — look
at size of government,
regulation and taxation.
They all point in the
same direction. More
government means lower
incomes and slower
growth.
Per Glenn Hubbard,
who headed the Council
of Economic Advisers
under President George
W. Bush, the average
percent of the U.S.
economy that government
was taking in those 50
years after World War II,
when growth was
averaging 3.5%, was
around 20%.
The average percent
of the economy that
government will take over
the next 10 years, per
Biden’s budget, is 24.5%.
At least Biden’s
economists are being
honest to project anemic
economic growth that
will accompany this huge
growth in government.
One of the major
spending initiatives in
Biden’s plans is what they
are calling the American
Families Plan, with a price
tag of $1.8 trillion.
At a time when we
have historic drops in our
fertility rates and marriage
rates, somehow the Biden
administration thinks,
contrary to experience,
massive new government
spending and entitlement
programs will be a boost
to the American family.
Hoover Institution’s
John Cogan and Daniel
Heil call this massive
expansion of government
entitlements “the largest
expansion since Lyndon
B. Johnson’s Great
Society.”
“For the first time in
U.S. history,” they note,
“except possibly for the
pandemic years 2020 and
2021, for which we don’t
yet have data — more
than half of working-age
households would be on
the entitlement rolls.”
With all our division
and disagreements today,
there is no disagreement
about the shame that the
vile institution of slavery
was once present and legal
in America. We all agree it
is a blot.
We all also agree that
racism is deplorable.
But the reason slavery
and racism are terrible
things is that every human
being must live with
dignity and in freedom.
How can we arrive to
the conclusion that the
remedy and antidote to
slavery and racism is
putting all Americans on
the government
plantation?
Not only is it immoral,
but it doesn’t work.
Government is supposed
to be about protecting,
not confiscating, our life,
liberty and property.
If we want every child
in America, of every
background, to realize his
or her potential, let’s
strive for their dignity by
making sure they grow up
in a free country.
Star Parker is president of
the Center for Urban
Renewal and Education and
host of the weekly television
show "Cure America with
Star Parker." To find out more
about Star Parker and read
features by other Creators
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NEW OFFICERS — Installed as new Lyons Lions Club officers were, from left, Larry Griggers, LCIF Coordinator - Immedi
ate Past President Nickie Muzafarov, Director; Tina Lindsey, Director; Jimmy Alexander, Lion Tamer; Debbie Griggers,
Secretary; Mark Findley, President; Willis NeSmith, Tail Twister; Wesley Walker, Membership Chairman; Joseph Akins,
Director; and Christian Burton, Director. Others who will serve as new officers but were not present for the installation
were Lucretia Nobles, First Vice President; Barry Waller, Second Vice President; and Darriel Nobles, Treasurer.
Lyons Lions Club Installs Officers,
Bestows Awards at Annual Meeting
In a recent annual
meeting, the Lions Lyons
Club installed new officers,
welcomed new members
and bestowed awards to
outstanding Lions.
Installed as new of
ficers for the 2021-2022
term were: Larry Griggers,
LCIF Coordinator - Imme
diate Past President; Nickie
Muzafarov, Director; Tina
Lindsey, Director; Jimmy
Alexander, Lion Tamer;
Debbie Griggers, Secretary;
Mark Findley, President;
Willis NeSmith, Tail Twist
er; Wesley Walker, Mem
bership Chairman; Joseph
Akins, Director; and Chris
tian Burton, Director. Oth
ers who will serve as new
officers but were not pres
ent for the installation were
Lucretia Nobles, First Vice
President; Barry Waller,
Second Vice President; and
Darriel Nobles, Treasurer.
An induction of new
members ceremony was
held to officially welcome
the following new members
into the club: Helen Har
ris, Michelle Dixon, David
Biddle, Alfred Cason, and
Robin Watson.
The Hardy Thomas
Faithful Service Award was
presented to Lion Johnny
Griggers for his continued
willingness over four de
cades to volunteer for lead
ership roles and to actively
take on service projects of
the Lyons Lions Club.
The award is in honor
of Thomas Hardy who was
a Lion for over 50 years and
worked tirelessly for the
Club until a few weeks prior
to his passing away in Janu
ary.
While Griggers has
served the Club for almost
40 years, he took on a ma
jor project this past year by
spearheading the Down
town Lyons Flag Project.
New flags and poles were
purchased and Lions Club
flags were added to the dis
plays to acknowledge the
Club’s involvement in the
project.
The Club’s outgoing
President, Larry Griggers,
presented the Lion of the
Year award to Joseph Akins.
Akin served as the chair of
the Hunger Committee this
past year and oversaw the
delivery of several thousand
bottles of water to local
schools during the Covid
crisis. In addition, Akin has
headed several food distri
bution events and secured
donated food for the Back
pack Buddies program.
LION OF THE YEAR — Outgoing President of the Lyons Li
ons Club Larry Griggers, left, presented the Lion of fhe
Year award to Joseph Akins who served as chair of fhe
Hunger Commiftee, has headed several food distribu
tion events, and secured donated food for fhe Back
pack Buddies program.
SERVICE AWARD — The Hardy Thomas Faithful Service
Award was presented to Lion Johnny Griggers for his four
decades of volunteerism and leadership. Above, outgo
ing President of the Lyons Lions Club Larry Griggers, right,
presented the award to Griggers,
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continued from page 6A
available access to legal
guns are not the states in
which street violence is
rampant.
Democrat mayors
have allowed the mob to
occupy sections of their
cities in what the media
call autonomous zones. We
have seen mayors order
their police to stand down
and vacate areas leaving
lawful citizens abandoned,
held hostage at the mercy
of lawless gangs.
Chicago mayor, Lori
Lightfoot, is perhaps the
most incompetent mayor
in the country, although
she gets vigorous
competition from New
York’s De Blasio, Los
Angeles’s Garcetti, Seattle’s
Durkan, or Portland’s
Wheeler. Rather than
examining her own
conduct, Lightfoot has
blamed everything and
everyone for her utter
failure to counter the
horrendous rise in murders
in her city.
Following a brutal
weekend of murders and
shootings in June 2021,
Lightfoot called for the
court system to act. This is
the same system she used
COVID to justify closing.
That closure meant
dangerous criminals were
not brought to court to
face charges and, as the
prisons were deemed
COVID traps, were not
even kept locked up
pending trial. Lightfoot
also demonized law
enforcement, even calling
police racist.
Of course, the problem
extends beyond mayors
who are incompetent
ideologues. Democrats in
Chicago and other
Democrat-run cities also
make the vacuous
argument that social
workers and psychologists
should replace the police.
This ignores the obvious
point that violent crimes
happen in an instant. Who
do you call as criminals are
breaking down your door
to rob or rape you, or as a
violent crime or terror
attack is occurring? In my
country, it is certainly not a
social worker or a shrink.
The real root cause of
violent crime in America is
that local and national
governments are unable to
manage their communities
correctly. The root cause is
talentless people and
deliberate policies.
In America, in
Democrat states and cities,
progressive prosecutors
actively protect and
encourage violent
criminals when they refuse
to prosecute offenders,
forcing a catch and release
policy. People arrested for
brutal violence and
destruction against both
private and federal
property are being freed
from jail without bail, and
often proceed to commit
the same or worse crimes.
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