Have you actually read the history of our country? It sure does not involve a lot of hand holding liberals. It was a group of hard working people who believed in their abilities to eek out a living in a new world free from the tyrants from Europe. That any immigrant that legally crossed our shores could one day be the most successful person in the country. They believed the role of government was limited to providing infrastructure and to protect our boarders. Not the bloated socialism that is being touted today. I think our forefathers would puke at the bureaucracy that we have created.
One of the biggest problems today is that people want a capitalist society when it serves them (they are making money) and a socialist society when they fail. You can't have it both ways. In a capitalist society if you do not succeed you must be allowed to fail. THAT is what made this the great country we are. Yet today we strive for mediocracy. Bloated organizations are allowed to survive when more successful models are held back because it is not truly free competition. Perfectly able bodied people leech off society while hard working people are stolen from because they decide to have a job and work for a better life for their families.
I will have to strongly disagree with you PCL. I don't believe the current direction of our country in any way mirrors the original principals that our founding fathers set fourth.
