Catching the bus to self-determination

The day I left home at 18, I caught the bus to self-determination.

All my friends did the same, wherever they were from.

When we screwed up, and we all did somewhere along the line, pride stopped us going home and whining to Mum and Dad.

We raised and looked after our families, paid our way and now are retired or retiring. Yep, those Boomers.

We salute every person born or raised or who settled in this fine land who stand tall, determine what they want and go about getting it (501 mobster plans aside).

That so many are apparently now deprived, awaiting their redemption by someone else doing it for them is just pathetic.

Self-determination is what you do for yourself. What the government does for you is welfare.