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Health & Fitness

Just In Time Justina

Justina Pelletier was freed from state captivity.  I am inclined to wonder if it was because this is an election year?  Other failures of the Department of Children and Families coupled with this blatant over reach of power that broke up a family for more than a year had calls from many legislators across the state to demand the resignation and/or termination of Olga Roche who directs the DCF.  Representatives Leah Cole (R) of Peabody, Shaunna O'Connell (R) of Taunton, Jim Lyons (R) of Andover, and Geoff Diehl (R) of Whitman and 8 more led the clarion call for justice which brings Justina home to her parents after a harrowing nightmare in the clutches of state government grown to big for its (or our) own britches. 

In an election cycle that will also create an uphill battle for Democrats who have raised taxes and passed regulations so often and so frequent that Massachusetts is 8th on the list of states most individuals move out of, the release of Justina may have been just in time before the political season heats up over the Spring and Summer leading up to election day, November 4th. 

I believe her release was politically motivated as more people are now paying heavier attention to the body politic.  Obamacare has caused many folks who don't often pay attention to politics to now open their eyes more since real people were hit hard by losing health insurance, battling to get it back, if they got it back, and in many cases only to find out their rates and premiums were more expensive. 

The Democrats at all elective office levels have been responsible for growing government dependence, stifling job growth, raising taxes during a down economy, and exercising their power and control such as in the case of Justina Pelletier and not enough control such as in the case of a missing 5 year old boy presumed dead from Framingham.  In fact, over the last 5 years more than a hundred children were lost due to the failures of big government. 

Justina was freed just in time as damage control for Democrats running for office in Massachusetts this election year.  Your taxes are too high, your services are down, regulations and rules that stifle jobs and serve not the people but the power of a big government that has too much control in most areas and not enough in the areas that matter most.  By November 4th, I hope people make up their minds and resolve to create a balance of power on Beacon Hill and perhaps We, The People, will be just in time to save the state where freedom was born, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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