Personal Narrative: The Pilgrims In America

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America was founded on hard working people who left their native land by ship and faced treacherous conditions to establish a new world. They survived harsh winters and extreme conditions. The Pilgrims were sick, cold, and hungry, and yet they never gave up. America is what it is today because of her founding fathers. They believed in order to thrive as a nation the citizens must be willing to work. Today, many Americans do not seem to have that same work ethic. Although most people have the ability to hold some type of job, many choose not to work at all. They expect the US government to take care of all of their needs. While many need and deserve assistance from the government, others take advantage of the extra help and use it for their …show more content…
For instance, if a homeless man stands outside a supermarket and offers to pay for someone’s groceries with his EBT card and in return receives alcohol or cash this would be a hack around the system. Once a month I go with my parents’ Sunday school class to Smith Park to feed the homeless through an organization called Why Not Now. The founder of this charity organizes food every Sunday for around one hundred needy people. We have conversations with the adults and play games with the children. Each time I go we are warned to not give them money no matter what they say. I used to have a problem with this until I was told they often use the money given to them to buy drugs. Before I knew that, I would not have a problem giving money to someone who was going to use it to buy food or other items to take care of basic needs, but not drugs. Our government should adopt this same view. Recently, North Carolina and Tennessee passed the law to require drug tests for welfare and it resulted in “only a scant percentage of tested welfare applicants in their states have tested positive for drugs”(Enos 1). Therefore, those that are coming unglued are doing it for no reason. Everyone deserves an equal chance at a successful life and it cannot always be accomplished on the first try. With government issued drug tests, a fair shot would be given to each citizen in …show more content…
Americans cannot afford for our government to be careless with our money. If drug users spend tax dollars on illegal drugs, our national debt will suffer even more. Overall a major downfall cannot come from testing those in need. President Harry Truman once said, “America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” Coming from such a powerful background should not only, influence citizens, but also encourage citizens to be hard working and supportive people. The government provides a very beneficial system that should only be given to those who can pass a government issued drug