Why Values and Hardwork Make America Great: The Truly Silent Majority

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Written by Chris Littleton

Sunday, 12 April 2009 21:10

www.americanjunto.org

by ChrisLittleton

www.americanjunto.org

Ive lived in 6 states since college, and having sampled some of the best America has to offer from sea to shining sea - I was drawn back home to Ohio. Those of you reading this (Im sure) are asking, why Ohio? What were you thinking?

I came back to Ohio because I wanted to raise my children near family and be surrounded by people who are grounded and honest. People who arent afraid to work for their living. People who have produced Presidents, astronauts, great thinkers and great athletes. People who understand adversity as well as innovation. People who showed us how to fly, but remained humble enough to serve. Ohio, as well as any other state in the Republic, embodies the American spirit.

And, what is the American Spirit?

I believe the American Spirit is simply this " Dont tell me what cant be done. Allow me to show you what I will do.

Throughout the history of both Ohio and the United States, individuals have only asked for an opportunity to be great, but have never expected it be given to them. Nor, has the greatness of this country ever been achieved by a government institution or entitlement. It has been achieved by individuals who sought more than what they were born into. They dreamed, and were not inhibited in their journey by a system.

Neil Armstrong (born in Wapakoneta,OH) once said, I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the nature of his deep inner soul... we're required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.

He grasped what drives the human race forward. It is not handouts, nor management of our lives or provision for our well being. Our desire provides for us that light at the end of the tunnel.

What will happen when our own government removes that light? What will happen when they remove our desire?

Most of us just want the opportunity to work and support our families. We have no problem with a hard days work for a fair wage. What will happen when our government creates so many entitlements that a man can receive a fair wage " without the hard days work?

Will it not follow that a great many people will lose their incentive to work? Apply this principle to any part of life. When the incentive is removed, the effort stops.

Some other things you may consider as you ponder these universal ideals:

What will happen when the government provides for every bit of your retirement? Wont you rely on them first " relinquishing your independence?

What will happen when government controls your healthcare? Will you be able to secure that life saving procedure when a government cost assessment has told you, no?

What will happen when the government owns businesses in your city? Will your employment be determined by race or gender " not qualification or resume?

These things are all happening in front of our eyes. The elected Left is quickly building a world they hope to be free from pain. But, pain cant be avoided in life. While well intended, attempting to avoid all lifes hardships as a principle rallying call is naive and stupid. A world free of hardships does not exist, and maybe it shouldnt.

The government cannot make your life better by giving everything to you. For each loan provided, the lender asks for payment plus interest " in this case, much more interest. This is not a debt we can afford to owe, because we will pay the bill with our freedoms. This is the price of socialism.

Cleveland raised Bob Hope once said, I love to go to Washington - if only to be near my money.

If he only knew how true this would become. Each day Washington removes more and more of our future through loans which cant be repaid or printed dollars which cant be supported. They are set on a course to destroy the very fabric of the American Spirit. What have we gained if we have indebted ourselves and future generations to a lifetime of servitude? Will this provide opportunity for the next Thomas Edison or Charles Kettering (both born in Ohio)? I say, no!

I propose that each brick of entitlement we add to this wall of socialism makes it less and less possible for the great American Dream to grow with another generation. Each layer of spending provides the mortar to solidify an impregnable fortress of European style government.

Ohioans, I appeal to your history and your conscience. Can you not see that for each dollar we take from the government, the more we are enslaved by them? With each program they give to us, the less free we are to make our own way. The accomplishments of great Ohioans werent built on the backs of others. We must seek policies which protect our future and our freedoms. There is no other way.

I know many feel this way, but for family, friends or unions, they have supported politicians from the Left.

The socialist path of this nation is set by the leaders who want to avoid the pains and rewards of life. However, those of us willing to take a stand against that path, should cast our votes with those who will allow you to stand on your own, not keep you down as they build their ideal society on your back.

As one of our Ohio born Presidents (Taft) stated, "Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity."

Be enlightenedly selfish. Have a voice. Make a difference.

www.americanjunto.org

We in America do not have a government by the majority. We have a government by the majority who participate.

About the Author:

American Junto is an organization which unites conservatives wishing to save our nation from the socialist state waiting our doorstep - assured that is the complete opposite of our founding principles: born equality and the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We hope to prevent the sacrifice of this Republic on the alter of Socialism.