All men are not created equal, and neither are women. You only need to spend the day at the beach to verify that fact. Our forefathers used the expression “All men are created equal”. This was an unfortunate choice of words because there are those in our society who take those words way to literally. The forefathers went on to say that our creator has endowed us with certain unalienable rights, among them are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. But, that does not really mean we are all created equal. Because we are not. We are created with an equal chance to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. We are created with the same opportunity to fail or excel. But then it is up to us.
It is not up to the Government to level the playing field and make sure that all are treated equally, even if they are not equal. If some are rich and some are poor, the government should accept that and not try to make the rich poorer and poor richer, just so they can all be equal. Could be that the rich person is rich because he or she has worked harder to get to that point in life. And it could be that the poor person is poor because he or she is lazy and indolent and made no true effort to succeed.
It is time for the Federal government to step back and let it be as it will be. The welfare state created 40 some years ago needs to be revisited, reviewed, and revised. We need to extend a helping hand to those who need a helping hand, and quit the give away programs to those who receive it, not because they need help, but because they are too lazy to do it for themselves.
Federal entitlement programs need to be terminated, for the most part. The idea of welfare for welfare sake, affirmative action, and all other such programs need serious review and restructuring. I want what I deserve , nothing more. And what I deserve is the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We all need to encourage all people to want that, and only that. We need to encourage them that the right to life does not mean the right to free food. The right to liberty does not mean the right to be free from not doing anything.
And those are my thoughts, what are yours.