BY RUSSELL TURNER
WAR ON SUCCESS
One of the things that has always set America above all of the other nations of the world is the work ethic that our people have had. Our nation has a history of being the most innovative country in the world. A small list of our accomplishments include the completing of the Panama canal after the French failed to do the job, the building of the first atomic bomb, and putting a man on the moon several times. At one time it seemed that whatever we imagined was possible with hard work and sweat. Because of that desire to solve the hard problems we developed the technologies that made we Americans the envy of the world. I guess, like all other nations before us, we have become a victim of our own success.
At one time our high school graduates aspired to be technicians and engineers; now many graduates aspire to get degrees in subjects such as billiards or volleyball. Our government programs have made worse the very problems that they were intended to correct. In our war on poverty we Americans have spent trillions of dollars and we still have poverty. Instead of inspiring our people to be self-reliant and self-sufficient we have created a culture of dependency. For several generations this practice has been going on, now many of our people lack the proper skills to make a living without the help from government.
When I was growing up I was fortunate to have parents that taught me how to work and to be self-reliant. I was also taught that if you worked hard and managed your earnings you would be a success in life; now we have a president who has never made a payroll or ran any kind of private business demonizing the most successful people in our country because they have acquired wealth. In a recent speech he made the comment about business people not building that and someone else doing it for them. Our president believes that government is the source of prosperity, but I believe that without the successful people of this nation the government would have no money, so in essence not only did we build our businesses we are also the ones who supply the money for our government to operate. Today, far too many of our people are scheming ways to take money from the most successful in our nation. I believe if all of us would stop worrying about other people’s business and stop declaring war on success we would all be better off.
WAR ON SUCCESS
One of the things that has always set America above all of the other nations of the world is the work ethic that our people have had. Our nation has a history of being the most innovative country in the world. A small list of our accomplishments include the completing of the Panama canal after the French failed to do the job, the building of the first atomic bomb, and putting a man on the moon several times. At one time it seemed that whatever we imagined was possible with hard work and sweat. Because of that desire to solve the hard problems we developed the technologies that made we Americans the envy of the world. I guess, like all other nations before us, we have become a victim of our own success.
At one time our high school graduates aspired to be technicians and engineers; now many graduates aspire to get degrees in subjects such as billiards or volleyball. Our government programs have made worse the very problems that they were intended to correct. In our war on poverty we Americans have spent trillions of dollars and we still have poverty. Instead of inspiring our people to be self-reliant and self-sufficient we have created a culture of dependency. For several generations this practice has been going on, now many of our people lack the proper skills to make a living without the help from government.
When I was growing up I was fortunate to have parents that taught me how to work and to be self-reliant. I was also taught that if you worked hard and managed your earnings you would be a success in life; now we have a president who has never made a payroll or ran any kind of private business demonizing the most successful people in our country because they have acquired wealth. In a recent speech he made the comment about business people not building that and someone else doing it for them. Our president believes that government is the source of prosperity, but I believe that without the successful people of this nation the government would have no money, so in essence not only did we build our businesses we are also the ones who supply the money for our government to operate. Today, far too many of our people are scheming ways to take money from the most successful in our nation. I believe if all of us would stop worrying about other people’s business and stop declaring war on success we would all be better off.
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