Working Works

   A few years ago I purchased a 2006 Ford F250. I have driven the truck just about every day since my purchase. The truck had all the features I was looking for, bucket seats, long wheel base, 6.0 liter diesel motor and a ¾ ton suspension. But the feature I like most about the truck is it always WORKS. This is not a “piece”, like I have owned in the past that I have to say a prayer for every time I start it. You simply turn the key and it starts. I obviously hate the note that accompanies it, but all that reliability comes with a price. I do my part by keeping up the maintenance, and the truck does its part by WORKING. Our relationship is a very simple concept; we both WORK and in return, receive a service.


   Forty-plus hours a week, my truck takes me to my jobsite. My employer gives me certain tasks to be completed and in return, I am paid a fair salary. Now, it goes without saying, I hate getting up at three a.m. every day for work. But the financial reward I want comes with a price. For years now this routine has WORKED. My job and I, like my truck, have a very simple relationship; a day’s WORK for a day’s pay.

   When I am paid, “Big Brother” takes roughly a third of my check. They spend the money on projects that they deem necessary for our country. Schools, roads, Social Security, the military etc… I pay into the system and in return, I receive a service. I drive on maintained roads, receive a mediocre education, am protected by our military, and after a lifetime of work will be supplemented financially by Social Security. A third of my earnings may seem steep at times, but for the services I partake in, I guess it is a good deal. Once again, this is a very simple concept of giving a service and getting another service in return.

   Now, after a lifetime of a working system, Barack Obama says he is here to “CHANGE” things. Some Americans, and illegal aliens, will not need to WORK for the services that they receive. No need to pay the price that others have. Obama thinks that the people who WORK should share with the people who choose not to work. (I say “choose” because it is and always has been a “choice”) The tax dollars that I have WORKED for and paid into the system will not only benefit me, but also the NON-WORKERS. This is his definition of “change?” Our current system in its simplest form WORKS. It motivates people to succeed. It challenges people to support themselves, to rise above hardships and find a way to persevere. You get out of the system what you put into it. It is a tried and true, age-old concept. It has WORKED for centuries. The saying “you reap what you sow” is not a fable but a means of existence. It is not natural to reap other people’s rewards. As a matter of fact, that is STEALING! Even when a wild animal steals they know it is wrong to take something that you have not earned. Watch a dog steal a piece of meat from another dog. He will hide his head, stoop his shoulders, and retreat with his stolen spoils watching his back so that another dog does not do the same to him.

   If CHANGE=STEALING, then count me out. I don’t want and will not support an administration with this mindset. How much will be stolen from you before you open your eyes?