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"Ask not... what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country."~
I know I'm getting old, because I can remember when this happened.
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But, think about that statement coming from a Democratic President who inspired us all. It is not at all a liberal statement. It is a statement that says.... Stand on your own two feet. Contribute to society. Don't look to society to cure your worries. Look to do whatever is required to help your society.
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This government is not here to make things better for some. It is here to allow all to contribute to everyone else.... and to give us the freedom to thrive on our own. I believe that is what Kennedy said on that cold Jaunuary day fifty years ago.
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It was a challenge to everybody... not just the "Haves" or the highest wage earners. It wasn't a plea for others to fund the welfare system, so that everybody could have government provided benefits.
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Who has inherited these words? Ironically, not the present crop of liberals. I think that John Kennedy would be vilified by the left if he were to utter this phrase today. This is a conservative statement that tells us to stand on our own and seek to help others.
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