How free Americans became pigs at a trough ~ By Patrice Lewis

From WorldNetDaily

By Patrice Lewis Posted: August 29, 2009 ~ 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 I frequently receive e-mails from readers professing admiration for our (ahem) "simple" life. (For those unfamiliar with our lifestyle, we have a homestead farm, a home business, and we homeschool our kids.) What many people don't understand is the sheer hard work the "simple" life entails. Difficult? Undoubtedly. Worth it? Unquestionably. We live this way because we're big believers in personal responsibility. We try to be responsible for every major aspect of our lives – our jobs, finances, health care, food and children's education. To us, it's simply what grown-ups do. Apparently, that's what makes us different. It's not that we live rural or milk a cow – it's that we're independent. Do you have any idea – any inkling at all – how much more streamlined our nation would be if everyone preferred independence and refused to allow others, especially the government, to be our mommies and daddies? Thomas Sowell had a superb article this week on the issue of personal responsibility. "Whether the particular issue is education, economics or medical care," he wrote, "the preferred explanation tends to be an external explanation – that is, something outside the control of the individuals directly involved." External. That means you've shoved the responsibility for your education, your income or your medical care onto someone else. [READ ENTIRE COLUMN!]

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