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The Great Rewards of Self-Reliance

LIBERTY AND LUXURY

America was the first country in the world where the majority of its citizens could enjoy luxuries as everyday niceties. As opposed to all other countries where only the small elite or royalty had the prosperity to enjoy luxuries (because they carried all their nation's wealth, most likely because they took it all from their citizens through taxes). Know why? Because of freedom and property rights. Those principles create a free, open playing field filled with all kinds of opportunities for Americans to succeed!

Government does not cause affluence.* They always provide the grossest bare minimum things. Who likes the way government runs or provides anything? Not a darn person. Government doesn't manage things very well. They don't build cars well. They don't operate airlines well. They can't install telephones. Their health care sucks. They couldn't foresee the housing bubble, the S&A debacle, or the internet crash. Government programs are always marginal and bare bones - which even that bankrupts the nation. America is about the American Dream, not the American "that's good enough."

Hot Showers and a High Standard of Living

EVERYDAY STINKS WITHOUT HOT SHOWERS

Actually, someone would stink without hot showers.

If you've ever traveled the world, you're pretty aware that there are many places where hot showers are not standard or common. These places should be banned from existence. Oh. Haha...I'm just kidding. Kind of.

One of my favorite things on earth are hot showers. I literally thank God every single day I step into one. No matter where I am.

I visited my family in Malaysia some years ago and the few weeks that I didn't stay in a hotel but in their homes proved very interesting. They didn't have showers. Well, according to me, they didn't. According to them, they did. What they had were bathrooms with a shower head in the middle of the wall and a drain somewhere in the floor of the room.