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People Value And Spend Their Money More Wisely When They Acquire It By Their Own Efforts - Also Known As Work.

America Traditionally Represents The Greatest Possibility Of Someone's Going From Nothing To Something. Why? In Theory, If Not Practice, The Government Stays Out Of The Way And Lets Individuals Take Risks And Reap Rewards Or Accept The Consequences Of Failure. We Call This Capitalism - Or, At Least, We Used To.

But Did The Founding Fathers Ever Intend For The Federal Government To Involve Itself In Education, Health Care Or Retirement Benefits? The Answer, Quite Clearly, Is No. The Constitution, In Article I, Section 8 - Which Contains The General Welfare Clause - Seeks To Restrain Federal Government, Not Expand It.

Bad Schools, Crime, Drugs, High Taxes, The Social Security Mess, Racism, The Health Care ? Crisis? Unemployment, Welfare State Dependency, Illegitimacy, The Gap Between Rich And Poor. What Do These Issues Have In Common? Politicians, The Media, And Our So-called Leaders Lie To Us About Them. They Lie About The Cause. They Lie About The Effect. They Lie About The Solutions.

Optimism. It's Not Just A Mind-set, It Is Behavior.