If you are like me you have made mistakes in the past. Some of the mistakes I really wish I could go back and erase, because I knew better...but I still did something dumb. Other mistakes I would NOT go back and change or erase. Those mistakes I count as tremendous learning experiences that have given me wisdom, humility, and insight. Those mistakes have changed and influenced my life for the better.
Failure is like that.
President Obama and our Federal government, for some reason, seem totally unwilling to let people, companies, states, and programs fail as a natural consequence of their poor judgement, mismanagement, and irresponsability. Instead they insist on SAFETY NETS, CORPORATE BAILOUTS, WELFARE PROGRAMS, AND OTHER SHORT CUTS that bypass the consequences of failure.
What are the consequences of preventing failure?
Lessons aren't learned. The same mistakes are repeated. Real progress is halted. They learn that someone will always rescue them and they never have to suffer any consequences for their actions. Like a spoiled child who is never grounded for bad behavior.
Instead of upholding and maintaining a standard of RESPONSIBILITY originally set by our Founding Fathers, politicians promise us an easier way to have happiness and success. No work, no consequences, just more pampering and more short cuts. Politicians insist that no hard choices need to be made concerning our national deficit ($12,000,000,000,000). No pain, no hardship (which has always been part of our American experience), just a magic pill called "Stimulus Bill" and more spending to spending our way out of a problem.
My mom is notorious in my family for having several one-line-quotes that hit the nail on the head. Her most famous is: "If it is easy, it is probably wrong."
Fixing our national problems will NOT BE AN EASY JOURNEY. It will require sacrifice, effort, and hard decisions. It will be a difficult road. There are no short cuts, easy outs, or quick fixes. But it is possible, it is do-able, and we are not too far gone to achieve results. But we will need to start now, to work together, to remember our values, and to elect true "Public Servants" instead of Self Serving Publicans.
We can do it, together.
Failure is like that.
President Obama and our Federal government, for some reason, seem totally unwilling to let people, companies, states, and programs fail as a natural consequence of their poor judgement, mismanagement, and irresponsability. Instead they insist on SAFETY NETS, CORPORATE BAILOUTS, WELFARE PROGRAMS, AND OTHER SHORT CUTS that bypass the consequences of failure.
What are the consequences of preventing failure?
Lessons aren't learned. The same mistakes are repeated. Real progress is halted. They learn that someone will always rescue them and they never have to suffer any consequences for their actions. Like a spoiled child who is never grounded for bad behavior.
Instead of upholding and maintaining a standard of RESPONSIBILITY originally set by our Founding Fathers, politicians promise us an easier way to have happiness and success. No work, no consequences, just more pampering and more short cuts. Politicians insist that no hard choices need to be made concerning our national deficit ($12,000,000,000,000). No pain, no hardship (which has always been part of our American experience), just a magic pill called "Stimulus Bill" and more spending to spending our way out of a problem.
My mom is notorious in my family for having several one-line-quotes that hit the nail on the head. Her most famous is: "If it is easy, it is probably wrong."
Fixing our national problems will NOT BE AN EASY JOURNEY. It will require sacrifice, effort, and hard decisions. It will be a difficult road. There are no short cuts, easy outs, or quick fixes. But it is possible, it is do-able, and we are not too far gone to achieve results. But we will need to start now, to work together, to remember our values, and to elect true "Public Servants" instead of Self Serving Publicans.
We can do it, together.
