Proof You Don’t Need The Nanny State

J.J. Jackson* | February 24, 2007

Filed Under Liberals

If you believe that the government can do things better, perhaps a reminder about what people can do that the government nanny state cannot.

WND readers help war hero’s widow get house back

Feb. 24, 2003: Generous WND readers, veterans and neighbors rallied to the call to save the home of Lois Leonard, 70, a Vietnam War hero’s widow, from the mortgage company after WND publicized her plight.

Fund-raising efforts collected approximately $55,000 to pay off the finance company after Leonard fell behind on payments.

“Once you get behind, with medical bills and all it’s hard to catch up,” Leonard told WND. The widow suffered from diabetes, severe asthma and chronic bronchitis. She had been unable to work and raised the couple’s five children on the fixed income of her husband’s military benefits and disability payments.

Leonard reclaimed her home of 35 years on Feb. 28, the anniversary of her husband’s valorous death in Vietnam.

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