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Bluebag Media
Edison students hear
from two local officials
GREENVILLE – “To be liberal was to favor free enterprise and property
rights… and possess a grave skepticism toward government management of
anything.” Darke County Engineer Jim Surber said this approach, which
he attributed to Mark Twain, was what he believed. He also felt capital
flow works best from bottom to top, not top to bottom.
Surber recently made a presentation to Edison Community College
Fundamentals of Communication students. His speech took a somewhat
different approach to one a few weeks earlier by Darke County
Commissioner Mike Stegall.
Surber gave the students questions to consider, such as “are the poor
in many cases not to blame for their poverty?” and “Do we all have a
social responsibility as well as a personal responsibility?” His focus
included the concern that government should enhance the lives of its
citizens through “affordable healthcare, a cleaner environment, strong
living standards and a good educational system...
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