Common Sense

Common sense is one of those things that is slowing becoming extinct in our society.  Once something that was used very widely in society has almost been exterminated by the government that continues to acquire power over the citizens of our great nation.

Common sense would say if I want to accumulate wealth and become financially independent I would need to make common sense decisions in my life so I can make money.  Unfortunately, common sense is not rewarded, but rather discouraged by an out of control nanny welfare state mentality in our state and nation's capitol.  You ask why is common sense dying off much like work ethic in our nation right?

Well let's look at our nation in terms of people having children they cannot support.  First, you would think "hey I can't afford kids so I better be careful."  Wrong!  Our government has created a system of giveaways for those that chose not to use common sense.  For example, let's look at W.I.C. which is government program to help mother's provide basic food for their children.  Well common sense would say in this situation if you can't even afford the basic foods and the government has to tell you what to buy then common sense is not something that is widely used in this situation.

Second, if you can't afford children you would think you would use some sort of birth control or protection in order to prevent a pregnancy that may occur because pregnancy and children occur from sex.  Unfortunately, once again people point at Planned Parenthood to help with this gap in our society that cannot use common sense, but as we can see more unwed mothers and more children in the government system.  If we continue to allow the government to be the provider and a "role model" for our children the welfare state will continue to spread and grow.

Finally, common sense if dying because we the American people are allowing it to die.  Once upon a time we would call out people that made judgement calls that were not good and either help them in our local community or get them the help they need to get back on their feet.  The American people have ignored what is going on around us and now we have an ever expanding welfare nanny state government the continues to take from the producers in order to comfort those that do not use common sense because our government steps into that role of a provider.  Once you get hooked on government handouts it then can become a generational problem.  People that grow up with it see it as a common occurrence and then get into a cycle.  The cycle of common sense not being used must stop.  It is up to all of us to make that happen.