It’s time to talk, time to listen, time to reflect on all that we hold true, and to evaluate our impact upon one another. There are some sharp differences in how Americans believe the United States Government should function in relation to its citizens. There are two distinct groups, each with very different views on whom is responsible for what and it is basically a contrast in the understanding of the word “service”.

One believes that the Government is a “parent” figure, not only protecting its citizens from foreign risk, but protecting us from ourselves, like a child receiving grace from a parent for their inability to make responsible choices.

The other group believes the roll of Government is to act as an “employee” of the people, carrying out the basic functions that we the “employer” set forth through elections. This group believes in personal accountability, in our individual lives and in no way expects others to make reparations for our mistakes in life.

So there are populace that believe “service” to the people, is that of a safety net, correcting their mistakes and failures through the taxation of people who succeed, and then there citizens who know “service” to be defined as, we have placed you in a subordinate position to carry out a few tasks that we have set forth, that be believe will protect the sovereignty of our individual lives.

What is the American dream?

Is it the promise that hard work will be rewarded accordingly? Is it the protected right to the pursuit of happiness?

The American dream is.

Mediocrity will be rewarded with mediocrity. Failure to act on your own behalf should be rewarded with failure. Excellence, perseverance, and hard work should be rewarded in equal measure to the effort applied. No matter what level of happiness you strive for in America you can achieve it. Then again, there are no guarantees that an individual will attain their goals, in fact there is only one true guarantee and that is if you plant no seed, than you will most assuredly starve. The notion that you should benefit from the efforts of others because they are doing well, when you have done nothing to promote yourself, is in essence an anti-American, socialist view.