People have become too dependent on the government and we all are paying the price for it.

When President Obama was voted into office three years ago there was an onslaught of people searching online for things they could get for free from him or his administration. Google searches for things like “Obama grants“, “Obama free money”, “Obama debt relief”, and many other hundreds of terms exploded overnight. Apparently it was thought by the masses that this new President was going to be giving away all sorts of goodies.

Now where on earth would they have gotten that perception? Unfortunately they probably got it by watching both parties give more and more away each election cycle. And now we are in more debt as a country than we can probably ever dig ourselves out from under.

What ever happened to responsible government? Most of us cannot even probably comprehend such a concept. How did we get away from having our government there to provide a few essential services and stay out of our lives for everything else?

Like all things, the encroachment of the U.S. government in our lives has not happened overnight. It has happened a little at a time, here and there, and now we find that it has invaded almost every aspect of our “free” society.

No, we are no longer free and the sad part is that a substantial percentage like it that way. They think and want the government to be in charge of most aspects of their lives. They feel the representatives we send to Washington can do a better job of running our lives and making important decisions than we can.

It is so very sad that the once proud United States Of America that was a nation of people who were willing to work hard and do things for themselves has now become one where everyone is looking for the next handout.