You know, the funny thing is, I am not anti-government. I believe government is extremely important. I just believe there is a difference in between a socialist government and a capitalist government.
I believe a government that is big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you have. I think that is a quote but I'm not sure from who... (I'll look for it)
I was taught from a very early age that nothing in this world is free. I was also taught in the American dream. Apparently there are different versions of the American dream...
They way I understand it:
We live in the land of the free. We are free to think what we want, say what we want and be what we want. We can dream to be anything our imagination is capable of, but the bigger the dream, the more work it will require. The only limits I have are the ones I impose on myself.
The way others understand it:
I deserve everything he has. He worked to make his dream a reality but his dream was so big that he has to share it with me.
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I think I just answered my own question... It is a difference in dreams! Some of us dream about things that money can't buy and some of us don't.
It's about satisfaction.
I am satisfied with things that I accomplish. A successful hunt, watching my son learn to hunt. A scrapbook that I made, a job well done.
Other people dream about money. Yes, it is that simple. They don't have any sense of pride because it isn't important to them. They want money and the things money can buy. They don't take pride in anything so it isn't logical for them to earn the money, they want it given to them. They don't care how they get it, they just want the money and they are willing to do anything to get it as long as they don't have to work for it themselves.
I think this country's problems just became a little more clear...
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