America the Beautiful

My beliefs shape my thoughts, and my thoughts shape my beliefs. I believe that we should stand with Israel and that they shoudl be a state. I believe that the true enemy of our society is sin. I believe that with Jesus Christ, all things are possible. I know that this post will get blasted because I began with religious beliefs. I am a social and fiscal conservative. I do not believe that money can be thrown at our spending problem. I do not believe that we can outspend our debt. I do not believe taking from the working and giving to the non-working is the correct path. People are not living within their means. People place luxuries over neccessities. Our own government has convinced people that cell phones are a neccessity and people receive them for free. I believe that the elderly and the disabled, the truly disabled, should receive benefits. When I say truly disabled, I mean people who are more disabed than I am. I am not supposed to be working, and quite frankly, never had to work because of my physical condition. However, I was taught a work ethic. I did recieve Social Security for a while as I recovered from surgery. I applied for jobs everywhere was turned down by everyone. I went back to school and earned my teaching certificate. I now teach school. A beginning teacher salary at 41 with a wife and three children is not easy. I also work a second job to help make ends meet. I know what it is like to struggle and to have people talk about you. God has blessed me with the ability to do something, and I will do it until I can't. Then I will find something I can do. America is about opportunity. America is about competition. When we take competition away, what are we striving for? If we are not going forward we are going backward. And by forward, I don't mean to something different. I mean to be better.