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Page 16 The INDEPENDENT, December 7, 2011 Honor students listed for VHS Letters From page 3 money we don’t have, taxing not only this gener- ation but every generation in the future, guaran- teeing a lower standard of living for our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. These short-sighted politcos, thinking only of the pres- ent, seem to think they can go on forever, steadi- ly increasing the public debt, by just printing more and more money without an equal in- crease in goods and services, hoping to find someone to buy our consequently less and less valuable bonds. As history has repeatedly shown us, this does not work. Every society that has tried this has collapsed. A prime example is the Soviet Union. If socialism were a better sys- tem, we would all be speaking Russian. Previ- ously democratic civilizations and nations that have tried this have collapsed into dictatorship. Some noteworthy examples are the Greeks, the Romans, and the post-World War I Weimar Re- public of Germany, the latter printing so much money that its currency became virtually worth- less, bankrupting the country, and resulting in the establishment of Hitler’s Nazi (National So- cialist) party dictatorship that brought on the hor- rors of World War II. It is time to rid ourselves of such history-ignor- ing, out-of-touch-with-reality, power-mad politi- cians, ousting them from power, and never let them in office again. Harold Bob Jones Blair, Oklahoma From page 11 Felicia Schirmeister, Winter Snow, Robert Stringfield, Lane Sullivan, Logan Titus, Taylor Ti- tus, Iryna Verhogliad, Leon Wiegand, Sara Wilmot, and Kristian Wredstoem. Honorable Mention, 3.00- 3.24 – Jacob Barnes, Joseph Benes, Matthew Bringman, Kelsey Brown, Riplee Burch, Shylo Dooley, Cody Haney, Mandi Hartford, Cierra Henson, Danielle Hevron, Adonis Hop- kins, Jerrid Johnston, Connor Larke, Reecca Levenseller, Samantha Morgan, Garrett Mullikin, Melissa Mulvey, Jerri- an Pond, Dawson Shay, Dean- dra Solberg, Dominic Szlavich, NaTasha Talley, and Nicole Thompson. Action Ads INEXPENSIVE – EFFECTIVE 503-429-9410 $4.50 for the first 10 words, then just 10¢ for each additional word Just for Fun Casey and Kyle by Will Robertson Solve this Sudoku Answer to November 16 Sudoku is on page 22 Help this stocking get to t h e f i re p l a c e I shall pass through this world but once. If there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do, let me do it now; let me not defer it or neglect it. ÉTIENNE DE GRELLET French missionary (1773-1855)