Profound Words... Of a Common Man
by: Les Carpenter
Rational Nation USA
Liberty -vs- Tyranny
“Entrepreneur’s Credo
I do not choose to be a common man,
It is my right to be uncommon … if I can,
I seek opportunity … not security.
I do not wish to be a kept citizen.
Humbled and dulled by having the
State look after me.
I want to take the calculated risk;
To dream and to build.
To fail and to succeed.
I refuse to barter incentive for a dole;
I prefer the challenges of life
To the guaranteed existence;
The thrill of fulfillment
To the stale calm of Utopia.
I will not trade freedom for beneficence
Nor my dignity for a handout
I will never cower before any master
Nor bend to any threat.
It is my heritage to stand erect.
Proud and unafraid;
To think and act for myself,
To enjoy the benefit of my creations
And to face the world boldly and say:
This, with God’s help, I have done
All this is what it means
To be an Entrepreneur.”
― Thomas Paine, Common Sense
As I listened to the President and his almost unintelligible words the other day as he described the safety net as a mechanism for encouraging risk the above words raced through my mind.
Our statist President who is obviously in love with the idea of the state providing a sense of security for all it's citizens, at the expense of their liberty of course, would do well to become a common man.
Rational Nation USA
Liberty -vs- Tyranny
“Entrepreneur’s Credo
I do not choose to be a common man,
It is my right to be uncommon … if I can,
I seek opportunity … not security.
I do not wish to be a kept citizen.
Humbled and dulled by having the
State look after me.
I want to take the calculated risk;
To dream and to build.
To fail and to succeed.
I refuse to barter incentive for a dole;
I prefer the challenges of life
To the guaranteed existence;
The thrill of fulfillment
To the stale calm of Utopia.
I will not trade freedom for beneficence
Nor my dignity for a handout
I will never cower before any master
Nor bend to any threat.
It is my heritage to stand erect.
Proud and unafraid;
To think and act for myself,
To enjoy the benefit of my creations
And to face the world boldly and say:
This, with God’s help, I have done
All this is what it means
To be an Entrepreneur.”
― Thomas Paine, Common Sense
As I listened to the President and his almost unintelligible words the other day as he described the safety net as a mechanism for encouraging risk the above words raced through my mind.
Our statist President who is obviously in love with the idea of the state providing a sense of security for all it's citizens, at the expense of their liberty of course, would do well to become a common man.
Obama's words ring so hollow and pathetic that it doesn't bother me nearly as it did after he was elected. On this point, today he said this:
ReplyDelete“the government is shrunk to the point where things that we take for granted as a society -- as an advanced, responsible society -- are gutted: education, science and research, early childhood education, caring for our environment, looking after our veterans, keeping up with our infrastructure, rebuilding our roads and our bridges so that they’re safe, food safety laws, our capacity to enforce basic consumer protections. All of this is shrunk to the point of near invisibility.”
He's talking about Paul Ryan's budget. Yes, the same budget that doesn't balance for decades and, in my opinion, doesn't do nearly enough to balance the books and correct the ship. We need to revert back to the spending levels under Bill Clinton. Our government worked then, didn't it?
More on Paul Ryan's budget here:
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PS: Les, my last sentence sounds combatitive but is reserved for readers here like Jersey and Grung, etc., not you :)
Fully understood Tim ;)
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