Former Reagan aide warns against growing government

  Marc Nuttle, a former Reagan aide and national campaign strategist, said the U.S. is reaching a point where more people are becoming dependent on the government for their support, and the government is increasingly controlling their lives.
  In Nuttle’s book, Moment of Truth: How the Government’s Addiction to Spending and Power Will Destroy Everything That Makes America Great, he strongly urged all Americans to reject the idea emanating from today’s politicians, professors, and pundits that individuals can give more and more authority to government control and still remain free.
  Over a third of the U.S. population [35%] derives its direct economic benefit from the government, said Nuttle. That percentage included teachers, government bureaucrats and the military, but did not include welfare and retirement recipients. Unfortunately, he said it’s only going to go up as Baby Boomers start to retire. By then it will be close to 50%.
  He said when that happens the government will be running the people rather than the people running the government.
  However, Nuttle said he does not advocate the libertarian way of doing things. “Government is like food. It’s critical, you need it,” he said. “But [just as] too much food can cause obesity, diabetes and heart disease, you have to control [government], and you have to manage it.”
  www.onenewsnow.com, 4/16/08