Well, I've never relied on Uncle Sugar for a damn thing, and my little acorns won't fall far from the tree.
Perhaps it's because they're home schooled, and their family owns a business. They just don't have the 'gibmedat' mindset, and never will.
“Perhaps it’s because they’re home schooled, and their family owns a business. They just don’t have the ‘gibmedat’ mindset, and never will.”
That’s fine, until they are competing with businesses that get tax breaks and easier access to capital because they are “minority/women owned” and because they hire a certain number of “women/minorities”. You have noble intentions, but the legal atmosphere has changed since BJ Clinton was elected (and it is worsening quickly).
I’ve never had that mindset, and I’ve worked since I was 13 years old (even earlier than that delivering a weekly newspaper one afternoon per week); I’ve never been unemployed (even for a day, thank God), and have never received a government benefit - I’m a “maker”, not a “taker”. I would like my children to have the same opportunity, without being punished for their skin color.
I instill my values in my children, including contempt for “preferred” groups that won’t grow up to be real Americans. I also make sure they know what Irish people faced when they arrived here; they eventually grew up and joined the ranks of adult Americans (with no help at all from the government).