LETTERS: REGULATIONS TAKE AWAY FREEDOM

To the editor:

I recently purchased a new pickup truck by ordering from the factory through a dealer. This way I was able to get the desired extras that I wanted without having to take anything that I didn't want -- all except air bags. This truck was equipped with two air bags which I did not want but which were forced on me by an unconstitutional act by an unconstitutional government agency which is playing the part of God.

The passenger-side air bag can be turned off by a switch on the dash, but the driver-side air bag cannot be turned off. Does it make any sense that the passenger has more rights than the driver? It definitely does not, but it makes the same amount of sense that any other socialist act does.

Now we get to the worse part. In the cab of this truck were three tags which stated: Warning -- Children can be killed or injured by passenger air bag. The back seat is the safest place for children 12 and under. Where is the back seat in a conventional pickup? This more socialist stupidity. It only confirms what most people already know: Socialism simply doesn't work. It never has and never will.

Our government, especially the president, is always claiming that every act of government is aimed at protecting or improving the lot of our children. The facts give lie to these claims. Air bags kill children, yet we are forced to buy them. Government agents have murdered children in Waco and Ruby Ridge, but instead of being sent to the gas chamber like other citizens, they were promoted with a raise in pay. Our $5 trillion debt is left for our children to pay off or suffer the consequences of a takeover by foreign bond holders. So, does anyone with a trace of a brain really believe that our representatives in government really care anything for our children?

Congress can correct all these things, but it is more interested in pleasing the insurance companies and big banks and in their own power than they are in the well-being of our children. Remember the wise saying: Actions speak louder than words.

There are a few in Congress who should be retained, but the majority must go if we ever hope to return our country to greatness and freedom for all, as it used to be.

RAY UMBDENSTOCK

Cape Girardeau