Reforms Overview
By Michael Fundalewicz
Recently I had the privilege to meet, chat with and interview a lovely young couple, in their 70s, Mr. And Mrs. “C”, per se, wherein which we discussed the short-comings and the needs, within Aroostook County and the Federal Government in general, to change this nation from a wasteful and fossil oil dependant economy to one that is self-sustaining, regenerative and earth friendly.
Several of the issues which were addressed in the interview included the following:
- The need to return to a “back to basics” society.
- Implementation of household, food processing and human waste re-direction and reduction.
- The need for the transition from our current ultra-modern, high-tech and chemically based approach to the nationwide transformation of the farming industry to a “green-based approach.
- The need to expand our state mandated recycling effort to a much wider scope.
- The need for the local, state and federal governments to assist, via financial incentives, to perpetuate private citizens’ use of alternative sources of fuel and energy.
- The question as to why the American automobile manufacturers have yet to come up with a “peoples car” in parallel to the 1930s German “Volkswagon”.
- The question of why the current administration hasn’t put forth a challenge, like President Kennedy did for the “Space Race”, to attain a timely goal in such a radical transition to alternative resources.
Other subjects, of my own personal opinion, have to do with the “State of the Nation” as a whole and are not linked to anyone in particular, although most everyone that I’ve spoken with seems to agree.
They include the following:
- The ludicrous debates over the demise of the Social Security Administrations’ funding deficit.
- Welfare reform.
- The prison system.
- Our education system.
I don’t know about you folks but I’m tired of paying $2.65 a gallon for gasoline, $2.78 for fuel oil, $3.24 for propane and the list goes on.
When people enter the state they see the sign on the highway saying “Welcome to Maine, The Way Life Should Be”. How does that make any sense if we’re trying to emulate the lower 48?
Did I miss something here???
Michael Fundalewicz moved to Ashland with his wife and four kids in the early ‘90s to escape the dictatorial confines of the State of Massachusetts’ taxation policies and the mayhem of drugs and crime for the protection of his kids’ futures. He has, in recent years, come to see that those very same issues have followed him in the form of self-serving governing officials and the reluctance of the citizens of northern Maine to stand up and speak out for themselves before they wind up in the same mess.