Exactly right...Katrina exposed welfare for the pox it can be and various TV ratings show us 75% of Americans are glued to the latest "...Got Talent" or survival genre television show how dumbed down our public education system is. The problem IS...the Socialists in congress pushing Big Government instead of self-reliance...Obama couldn't agree more he...has others doing his work so he can campaign...that is Socialism...(and this is why our nation is falling apart today) You can't elect ignorance because of race or first in this or that....
I’ve often wondered what a solution is.
I think a partial one might be for we conservatives to try and advocate the virtue of self reliance. Not in a bunker-building paranoid way (although I don’t intend that to be derogatory), but perhaps we could spin it in a positive way.
Plenty of people seem to be willing to do things like home improvments or Home Depot and Lowes wouldn’t be so popular.
Maybe we could come up with some sort of “fun” way to promote self reliance or self improvement. Like a learning club where people could come and learn how to do things for themselves, whether it be working on their own car, remodelling a bedroom, setting up a pantry or preparing for disaster.
If we came up with a catchy name, maybe had something like badges or certifications or something one could earn. It might even catch on - something like an adult boy scout troop. It may not be attractive to everybody, but I bet a lot of people would be interested in learning how to be self sufficient if it was done in a fun and social way.