Core Beliefs Of The Government

The U.S. is very different from other countries when it comes to our society and our ideas about how our government should work to serve us. Even though citizens may have different views on what the government should do in certain situations, we all share the same core beliefs. These core beliefs explain how we should be involved in government and what the government should do for its citizens. Our society as a whole has been founded on the belief that the government should protect rights to freedom of speech, to practice our religious beliefs if we have them, and overall to live the life we choose. The U.S. Constitution was created and amended based on these ideals which set up individualism in this country. This means that our citizens believe
People believe everyone should have an opportunity to advance if they are willing to put in the work and have the ambition to succeed. The idea is that if you have talent and drive, you will ultimately succeed because you have all the same rights and opportunity as everyone else. This however, may seem true in theory but is not actually the case for people of the United States. Not everyone has the same advantages to succeed and everyone has different experiences but this does not translate to those who have not been affected by the same issues. This is why people are more willing to agree with the government when it wants to set up education programs like, Head Start, because they see these programs as a way to give those at a disadvantage an equal opportunity to those who can pay more for a better education. The same people however, may disagree with types of programs like welfare because they believe it is not fair for hard working people to pay for those who they feel do not deserve it. These lower class citizens are seeing as undeserving because they are poor and in our society, the individualist belief is that you are poor because you have not worked hard enough. Ultimately, we believe we are responsible for our outcomes in life and do not always take into account other factors that can keep a person from
This has been the case from the very beginning and it was why we have a republican constitutional system, in order to set up rules that would keep the government from becoming too powerful. U.S. citizens do not like to give our government too much control over things because they believe it will try to also control our property, our rights, and our economy. Although we are weary of giving the government too much power, we have contradictory views because we also support our government providing programs like social security or sometimes bail outs to help with the recession. Ultimately, citizens fight against anything they feel takes away from their