The above sounds like you downloaded my mind
I am afraid that the strength and ingenuity of the American people, which I do believe in also, has been eroded with too many government handouts and a lot of those recipients will just stand around and wait for another handout to “save” them, rather than get up and take responsibility for themselves. Handouts beget more handouts, and then it begets a non-self-responsible attitude. I believe that if the government wants to work in the peoples’ best interest, then more self-responsibility needs to be instilled, not more handouts. It used to be the govt.’s helping hand was just that – a hand up, for help for a short time til one was on one’s feet. Seems like now it is a handout for a lifetime…. Something very wrong with that picture and the direction the USA is going in. In my opinion.

PS – seems like this morning I hear there is a plan being developed so that these business bailouts don’t keep happening… haven’t heard all the details, but time will tell. One can hope.