"Yay"! (Even more welfare)

Do you ever just sit back and ponder the changes in America that have taken place just since you were a kid, or am I in this alone? Many of the changes have been good, at least as far as I'm concerned, such as "power steering", "fuel injection", and not having to trudge outside of the house at four o'clock in the morning in December to "do your business" in an out-house. I think (at least for me) that it's some of the OTHER changes that get me stirred up on occasion, such as government programs that reach out to the "under-privileged" members of our society ensuring them that they will never have to work for a living due to an unfair affliction that was handed them at birth, such as a pimple. Is this really fair? Why do the rest of us have to give a portion of our earnings to people who are just generally too lazy to work? "Maybe we're not all afforded the same opportunities", I think to myself, but then I'm reminded of a conversation I had with a good friend (David Devine) about a year ago, during which he assured me that each and every one of us have the opportunity to do about whatever we want to with our lives, no matter your background, it just takes ambition. I believe in what Dave says, and not only did he build his own company, he also won the right to pay the bar tab if we ever meet again! Just joking, Dave, which I will illustrate here by inserting several "Ha ha's" into this story! Ha ha ha ha ha ha! Seriously, friends, were any of you raised by a family that didn't work for a living? Probably not! Is our government attempting to breed a group of citizens who will do nothing other than depend on it for existence? Probably! For me, it makes it kind of hard to imagine that this is what our parent's and grandparent's wanted for us, especially after surviving the "Dust bowl" in the thirties and wearing clothes made of flour sacks. In their spare time, our grandparents managed to save the world from evil tyrants in World War II. I'm thinking that we have few people left that would do that. At what point in our lives do we decide that a decent living is "owed" to us by GOD and country, regardless of our work ethic? At what age (short of retirement), do we become fixated on what our government can do for us, rather than what we can do for ourselves? Do we no longer have the pride in ourselves necessary to pave our own way, or do we simply lack ambition? Have so many of us actually came to the conclusion that we have enough already, and feel no real need to "push harder" in life? Maybe the efforts of our service men and women are all in vain! Maybe we figure that our grandchildren won't need many of the rights that we now have, and that a whole slew of people died for, and will willingly let them go. Maybe our founding fathers are rolling over in their graves in an attempt to get out and show us all how to live and preserve the way of life that they secured for us! Maybe we just don't have enough faith in GOD, or just don't follow the teachings of the Bible closely enough! Maybe I have too little faith in my fellow man, especially the ones who chant about "hope and change". Maybe I shouldn't care about the country anymore, but I fought for it, and my sons did too! Maybe I shouldn't write this weekly column, but I do. It's still America friends, and we should all remember where we came from and try our best to leave a great country for our children and grandchildren! We should also be grateful that this will be my last post for a while. Goodnight Friends, and please go to work. Grandpa Guy would be proud of you if you did.