taking charge of one's life (was Democracy?)

["Lynn Hauka" <lynn@evening-star.com>]

>It is too bad > we have so
> denigrated those principles over the past 50 years, to the point where so
> many Americans think the state owes them something other than the
> opportunity to take charge of their lives and do something with them.
>
> --Greg

Yes, it is too bad. Of course, it's an expected reaction when even the
basics can be hard to come by - like an equal opportunity to take charge of
one's life.

Lynn