Letter: Attorney-Lobbyists Are The New Commissars   Dear Editor, Alleghany Journal: Government is bigger than ever and controls more aspects of American life than at any time in U.S. history. Last year, the federal government ate $3.52 trillion out of a $13.2 trillion GDP. The 2009 budget deficit tripled over 2008. Public debt, 40.8 percent of GDP in 2008, will double by 2019 according to the Congressional Budget Office. This past year 4.1 million Americans have lost their jobs, and the unemployment rate has gone from 7.7% to 10%. Many analysts believe these numbers may be an understatement. The number of unemployed that received no economic benefits increased 50% in just the last two years. There are as well many millions of “underemployed” Americans. Six million Americans, one in 50 people, are living on no income other than $100 or $200 a month in food stamps, according to a New York state data. 36 million Americans struggle with hunger,including 13 million children. Many are not dysfunctional or derelicts. Most come from working families. Such a social catastrophe underscores the indifference of the predatory ruling class. Those 'Marie Antoinette' pretenders,speculators, and non-productive predators hoard wealth while too many Americans eat dry bread and rotting vegetables and many vets sleep under the by-passes and subways. America is witnessing not just the dramatic transfer of wealth and power away from citizens and small businesses and into the hands of government and the law, but also the beginnings of a profound transformation of America's economic and governmental system. There are so many reasons and factors for this plight. Yet there is only one source. That is BAR Occupied Government. What group originates the lack of profitability and viability for all businesses (existing or potential,large or small,retail or industrial) ? No longer confined in their proper modest role, attorney/lobbyists have become the new commissars. They are creating crises, converting America into a full-fledged socialist and crony capitalistic state? Through proxy by overregulation and litigation, they have indirectly taken over all economic entities. This termite effect must be purged. Very Truly Yours, Harsha Sankar 908 Valley Ridge Covington,Virginia

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