Children for Life

Today I go into mourning for my country.

What we have succeeded in creating is a society that lacks individual, personal responsibility for one's own self. We have created a society in which the public is responsible for the health and well-being of the individual. We have created a society in which there are no adults. We are children for life, living in a bubble-wrapped world under the vigilant eye of our loving nanny, the federal government of the United States of America.

People in this country no longer grow up. We coddle our children, we make excuses for our teenagers, and we hand out entitlements like candy at Halloween. What makes your child any more deserving than any other? Why should money that could go towards one child's care be taken from his or her parent’s pocket to care for yours? Why are you entitled to a single thing that belongs to me or my neighbor?

Ask yourself, do you honestly believe that anyone else is responsible for you? Is it anyone else's responsibility to make sure that you have food on your table? A roof over that table?

I don't need to be taught the definition of charity. I will gladly give you the shirt off of my back if you only ask me. But if you demand it from me, expect it from me simply because you exist, you do not deserve it. You are not entitled to a single material thing in this world. You are not entitled to clothing, or food, or money, or health care. You may work for them, or you may die. Nothing is a guarantee. You have the right to pursue happiness, but not the promise of finding it.

I would rather die than force someone else to pay my medical bills. If I cannot pay my own way and no one else is willing to voluntarily reach out a hand to me, then I will die. I will make it or break it on my own. I expect nothing more and nothing less from every other able-bodied American.