The America I Used to Know
As a nation America is no longer competitive-we have become fearful that some people may fail. So in comes Uncle Sam with with big government solutions to insure that everyone gets something-even those who contribute nothing. Health care, education and soon pell grants have become rights . It has been proven that giving people something for nothing does them or society no good. Sports, the last bastion of competitiveness and personal development has been tainted by liberalism. Little league baseball scores are reset if one team is winning by a to large a margin. Some school districts have resorted to using purple ink pens instead of red to mark student papers. Red is considered to harsh. Others districts have banned dodge ball.
The Obama administration has ushered in class warfare like no other before it. There is this culture of bashing the rich which creates a perception that people are rich because they exploit the poor. America used to be built on hard work and diligence which the reward was upward mobility. However it seems that as people, mainly on the left, preach about education and opportunity so long as one doesn''t become too successful. Our President speaks about "out sized profits". This implies that companies and individuals should earn just enough to as to not make others uncomfortable. There are champions of the poor and middle class however the rich are demonized and vilified as crooks and that perception has been cemented by headlines over the fast few years. There was an article that hedge fund managers are afraid to mention their professions on dating websites-they have become the poster children for Wall Street greed. To add to the hysteria, for the first time in decades the financial industry is not the leading choice by college graduates.
It is my view, although there should be opportunity for all, there should be no guarantee of results. There is virtue in struggle. Challenges are not only good for character development, they bring forward the best of the best. Challenges and struggle have produced some of the best entrepreneurs, business and political leaders in history. In the 1950's Willie Gary was a black, poor and illiterate teenager living with eight siblings in a one room shack in Florida. He went to school during the morning and picked beans in the hot sun during the afternoon. Willie heard a rumor about a football scholarship at Shaw University in North Carolina. The rumor turned out to be untrue but Willie was undeterred, he hung around the team sleeping in the locker room. When someone was injured Willie seized the opportunity and won a spot on the team and a scholarship as well. He worked his way through school with a landscaping business and today he in one of the most successful and wealthiest attorneys in America. Willie Gary's law office is located in a former hotel in Stuart Florida. The same hotel where he once had a job washing dishes. Willie Gary has earned hundreds of millions throughout his stellar legal career. He gives millions away to various charities and has become his Alma Mater's largest benefactor. In spite of growing up in the segregated south, and no government programs to speak of, Willie Gary managed to pull himself up, work his tail off to become a success. I hope that the American Willie Gary knew isn't gone forever.
The Obama administration has ushered in class warfare like no other before it. There is this culture of bashing the rich which creates a perception that people are rich because they exploit the poor. America used to be built on hard work and diligence which the reward was upward mobility. However it seems that as people, mainly on the left, preach about education and opportunity so long as one doesn''t become too successful. Our President speaks about "out sized profits". This implies that companies and individuals should earn just enough to as to not make others uncomfortable. There are champions of the poor and middle class however the rich are demonized and vilified as crooks and that perception has been cemented by headlines over the fast few years. There was an article that hedge fund managers are afraid to mention their professions on dating websites-they have become the poster children for Wall Street greed. To add to the hysteria, for the first time in decades the financial industry is not the leading choice by college graduates.
It is my view, although there should be opportunity for all, there should be no guarantee of results. There is virtue in struggle. Challenges are not only good for character development, they bring forward the best of the best. Challenges and struggle have produced some of the best entrepreneurs, business and political leaders in history. In the 1950's Willie Gary was a black, poor and illiterate teenager living with eight siblings in a one room shack in Florida. He went to school during the morning and picked beans in the hot sun during the afternoon. Willie heard a rumor about a football scholarship at Shaw University in North Carolina. The rumor turned out to be untrue but Willie was undeterred, he hung around the team sleeping in the locker room. When someone was injured Willie seized the opportunity and won a spot on the team and a scholarship as well. He worked his way through school with a landscaping business and today he in one of the most successful and wealthiest attorneys in America. Willie Gary's law office is located in a former hotel in Stuart Florida. The same hotel where he once had a job washing dishes. Willie Gary has earned hundreds of millions throughout his stellar legal career. He gives millions away to various charities and has become his Alma Mater's largest benefactor. In spite of growing up in the segregated south, and no government programs to speak of, Willie Gary managed to pull himself up, work his tail off to become a success. I hope that the American Willie Gary knew isn't gone forever.
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