What did we do before big government?

What did we do before big government?


The more you depend on the government the
more of your freedoms you give up. Look
at the current unrest in the country. We
are divided against each other. Fifty percent
of the country think the answer is to take
money away from the wealthy.....keep in
mind the wealthy worked and legally earned the
money they have. This fifty percent think they
are entitled to take without giving something back
in return.

Fifty percent of us think if we are honorable, civilized,
law abiding citizens and work hard we are entitled to be
rewarded for our labor. We think being personally responsible
for our own actions is guaranteed by the constitution
and we want to have a say in how we spend our own money.
We think you should reward good behavior and not reward
illegal behavior, not reward people who do not work,
not reward people who do not take care of their own
children. Not reward and encourage one parent families.

What did we do before big government?

We had volunteer fire departments.
If you wanted your community to have a fire department,
you either volunteered or you contributed money
to the fire department.

We had one sheriff who had volunteer deputies
when needed.

The majority of our citizens were honorable,
civilized, law abiding citizens who trained
our children to not steal and to respect God,
life, family, and country.

We had doctors who donated their time
to give school physicals to sports teams.

We had farmers who could put their produce
on a roadside stand and trust honorable
customers to pay for what they took and
to make their own change from the money
other customers left. Meanwhile the farmer
was out in the field working hard.

What did we do before big government?

We all worked, if able bodied, and we
depended on each other. We worked together
for the good of all. We respected ourselves
and had honorable standards. We all had
hope. We all cheered for someone that made
it. We all valued our family name and honor.
We all cherished having a two parent family.
Boys need fathers. Girls need mothers.
We all need both parents to guide us, provide
for us as children, and train us how to be
honorable, civilized, law abiding citizens.
We all want to be respected. It is our common
bond.

When things or laws are discriminatory and
do not benefit all our citizens, we
change them. We elect our government
officials from among ourselves. Our
government is only as good as our people.

When we can no longer trust each other and
no longer obey the laws of the land, we
will evolve into rudeness, incivility, and
even war.

We are guaranteed civil rights and freedoms;
however, along with those freedoms come
civic duties to be honorable, civilized,
hard working, law abiding citizens.

Respect and Good Manners are the most
powerful tools of a civilized society!
We don’t have laws to tell us how to be
good citizens; we have laws so we can
legally deal with uncivil people who do
not respect themselves or others; people
who take what is not theirs to take.

In a capitalistic nation, such as the USA,
we have personal responsibility and personal
power. We can work at jobs of our choosing.
We can start our own companies if we are
willing to work that hard. We can choose
which companies we will deal with. We
can choose which bank we want to bank
with. We can choose which car we want
to buy. We can choose which TV shows
or movies we want to spend our time and
money on. We determine what kind of
person we will be.....honorable or not honorable.

Do not tear something down unless you have
something better to replace it with.

The answer is not to take from the wealthy.
The answer is to make sure all laws are
favorable to all people or change them.
The answer is education and hard work
by honorable, civilized people.
The answer is to not give your money to
someone you don’t want to become
wealthier. Then answer is not to take
it from someone who has earned it.
The answer is to empower yourself by
getting and education and knowing how
to behave as a trusted, civilized person.


Currently, there are groups who
want to Protest, Occupy, and Take
from the Rich. Let’s say they
are successful......then what? They
must depend on trusted leaders. They
must be able to trust each other. They
must be able to depend on themselves to
contribute to society.
They must have some standards and
rules or it will be constant chaos,
meanness, rudeness, incivility, and
crime. They must be personally responsible
for their own actions. They can do this
now without tearing down and destroying
a capitalistic system which made the
United States of America the beacon
of freedom to the world.

Honorable, civilized, law abiding
citizens are the answer. Do not
underestimate the power of Respect
and Good Manners.

Read "A Year of Good Manners" by
Margery Sinclair and Jan Polk, $27.95,
to learn 365 common, every day courtesy
tips and the reasons to use them.
http://www.ayearofgoodmanners.com

It is easy to hold yourself to a higher standard
when you know the basic rules of civilized
behavior.