Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Christie: Government telling Americans to ‘stop dreaming’ and wait for ‘the next government check’

The Daily Caller By Nicholas Ballasy - The Daily Caller | The Daily Caller – April 10, 2012
 
New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie said America is “turning into a paternalistic entitlement society” where the federal government is telling individuals to “stop dreaming” and “stop striving,” a message Christie claimed is leading to “a bunch of people sitting on a couch waiting for their next government check.”

“I’ve never seen a less optimistic time in my lifetime in this country and people wonder why. I think it’s really simple. It’s because government’s now telling them ‘stop dreaming,’ ‘stop striving and we’ll take care of you,’” Christie said in a speech before the New York Historical Society on Tuesday.

“We are turning into a paternalistic entitlement society that will not just bankrupt us financially, it will bankrupt us morally because when the American people no longer believe that this is a place where only their willingness to work hard and act with honor and integrity and ingenuity determines their success in life then we’ll have a bunch of people sitting on a couch waiting for their next government check.
 


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