I have been sitting on the side lines too long to sit and watch the freedoms of America disappear. I grew up in this great nation knowing that we were a free people. To live in this nation is one of the greatest blessings one could ever imagine. I have lived more than 3 years outside of the United states in Sweden and in Chile and I know the blessings and freedoms we have of living here.
These blessings come from how this nation was founded. The way this nation was founded facilitates the American Dream, encourages the pursuit of happiness, and grants us the blessings of personal responsibility and accountability.
Where else can that be fulfilled? Where else can a person start out with literally nothing, but work themselves up to the very top?
The Freedoms of the United States come from hard work, personal responsibility and accountability, and trust in God. Freedom has to be fought for. You earn it by the way you live.
If I exercise, eat properly, and take care of my body, then I become free from ailments and sicknesses. Because my body functions better, I am then able to do more things -- ski, run, manual labor, serve, etc. Hard work and discipline helps me become free.
The same principle applies to work. If I work hard day in and day out, then I acquire both skills and money. Having those skills and money then grant me the freedoms to expand myself, to pursue other lines of work, to have money to study, etc. etc. The more I apply myself, the more freedoms I have.
This is why I am so frustrated with the way the federal government is using my hard earned money. The way they are drafting these enormous bills and pushing us into debt is just flat out wrong. Personally, I think this is theft.
I understand that there are some things in life that require government, such as law enforcement, fire, defense, etc. But why should my government steal my hard earned money to move the nation deeper and deeper into debt.
I worked hard for that money. This year alone in 2009, the nation's budget deficit has already topped 1 trillion dollars.
The nation currently has a national debt of over 11 Trillion Dollars. ( http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/ )
What are they doing? Where does all our tax money go? I think the federal government is missing one important thing: This is the people's government. It's not the president's government, it's not congress' government. It is the people's government.
If the people have to work day in and day out and they are held up against the wall to hold a budget, then the federal government (the people's government) better start holding a budget.
Sure times are bad, there will always be good times and there will always be bad times as long as the world will stand. But if I had hard times at home, I don't go out and spend more money than I have. What sense does that make? Why isn't the government held to the same standard? Don't you see? ... In the name of recovery, in the name of health care, in the name of whatever, they are stealing our freedoms. They are taking away our very powers to act for ourselves with our hard earned money. Why should I trust that people thousands of miles a way can make better decisions for my family than I can with my own finances? They can't even hold a budget.
WHY on earth should those that keep a budget have to pay those that can't? That makes no logical sense whatsoever. If you really want things to flow, then remove the money from those that can't hold a budget and give it back to those that can.
You wonder why so many people run up debt like there is no tomorrow. Because the government does. If the head of our nations doesn't see any issue in the debt and feels that they can lay it on generations to come, then why should the people care. Bailing people out promotes the opposite of what this very nation was founded on. There are times when failure is required for growth.
Don't you see? This promotes nothing but idleness, laziness, lack of personal accountability, etc. None of which are what this nation was founded on. The road to socialism promotes the opposite of what actually creates freedoms. If the government 'provides for all', then people lose the drive to work for it. There are thousands of people that won't work because it makes more sense to take from the welfare system. It promotes idleness. So the working class is essentially paying for people to be idle. The ones it penalizes are the ones that play by the rules.
If you take away all the freebies and handouts, then you have the American Dream. Why? Because it promotes work, and that my friends, is the catalyst for the American Dream.
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So, here is the thing, the founding fathers believed that we should be well educated with respect to our civic responsibilities. I think this is lacking, think about it, all we formally get of civic knowledge is in 9th grade civics class. We should teach our children while young and forever what freedom should mean.
ReplyDeleteAnother thought...this is not just government but all institutions for it is the nature of man to seek for and obtain more power and authority. The founding fathers were wise to say that there should be no place in government where profit and power can be obtained from the same position because it will attract the worst sorts. Well, that is what the senate, governors, businesses, nearly all endeavors lead to. Nearly everyone seeks power and profit. We need to teach that these things should not be and that there should be something to counterbalance that. There was, the people. But the people have been quiet and quietly the government has taken and taken. We must teach morality, religion, and knowledge.
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