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CHAPTER 6. LIFE AT HARD LABOR—THE HOPI 127 ::::Keith—"Mamma, the radio says they are going to practice throwing bombs again. Who throws those terrible bombs that kill people?"


 * Ginny—"Governments throw them, my son."


 * Keith—"Where do they get the money to make them? Must cost an awful lot!"


 * Ginny—"The government takes the tax out of the pay check and people can't help it."


 * Keith—"Why do the people allow the government to do this? Why don't they refuse to have money taken from their checks?"


 * Ginny—"Fathers and mothers must work to get food. They must have a job."


 * Keith—"Does my Daddy help pay taxes for the bomb?"


 * Ginny—"No, he doesn't make enough."


 * Keith—"Does Uncle help pay for the bomb?"


 * Ginny—"No, he does not have steady work. He does not make enough."


 * Keith—"Why don't we get in a car and go around and tell people what a bad thing they are doing to pay taxes for the bomb? Maybe they would stop."


 * Ginny—"We have to work to get food and if we did that we would get in jail."


 * Keith—"They give you food in jail, don't they?"