I grew up in the 50’s and 60’s when a person’s future was limited only by their own initiative. I was the first person in my family to attend college and I knew the only way for me to go to college was to pay for it myself. 

While attending LCC & MSU I always had a job. I didn’t have any scholarships or grants and I didn’t expect any. I managed because I knew I was responsible for my own future. 

In my 45+ years of employment I was never laid off, fired, or received unemployment benefits. What I had achieved was based on my efforts not on entitlements granted by the government.

Many in the current generation have no sense of personal responsibility. They feel they are entitled to benefits and services because that is what they have been taught.  Our “nanny state” has taught our children to expect their lives to be subsidized. It’s time to restore personal responsibility.

You can make a difference - elect responsible leaders this fall. 

(Submitted for publication to the Lansing State Journal on March 30, 2010)

(Published in the Lansing State Journal on April 18, 2010)
