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I was born during the Great Depression. Over the last century, my relatives and I have served in the U.S. Armed Forces to protect the American way of life.

My great uncles served in Europe during World War I. In 1942, my father, the father of three young sons, was drafted. He took basic training in Fort Dix New Jersey, and was sent to Europe until VE day. He was on his way to the Pacific when VJ day arrived, and spent the next several months 2500 miles away from home on the other side of the continent, before being discharged.

Ten years after my father’s basic training, my oldest brother was drafted in 1952, and took his basic training in Fort Dix. He was sent to Korea until he was discharged. Ten years after my brother’s basic training, I entered the service in 1962, and took my basic training in Fort Dix. (Although I am a Vietnam Era Veteran, I was fortunate and was stationed in Europe and did not have to serve in Vietnam.) I have nephews now serving in the military.

 My family has given many years of their lives to protect the freedoms and our capitalistic way of life. We defeated the socialists in hot and cold wars. This was to allow me, and others, to do what I wanted, when I wanted, the way I wanted. Now everything we sought to protect our country from is being served up by a socialist-leaning government.

The government is in the process of telling me, and others, what to do, when to do it, and how to do it. Neither my family, nor the families of millions of others, gave up so much and risked their lives for such a result. We did not serve and fight for socialism, we fought against it! Please, let our president and leaders in Congress read and understand the Constitution of the United States, and the Declaration of Independence.

I was distressed recently to hear the results of a poll that resulted in the statement that the majority of Americans favored socialism, big government and government control of the economy. The saddest part of this is that the majority of younger citizens felt this way, while the majority of older citizens were against it. Is this the result of schools not teaching history?

Socialism DOES NOT WORK! This has been proven many times over, not only by the collapse of the Soviet Union, but from the experience of many European nations.