Personal Freedom Vs Economic Security

Personal freedom is much more important than having a steady income (economic security). Personal freedom is “freedom of the person in going and coming, equality before the courts, security of private property, freedom of opinion and its expression, and freedom of conscience subject to the rights of others and of the public” (Personal Freedom. Retrieved from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personal%20freedom) If personal freedom is what people are use to and have lived off of for a long time then there is no point in changing that. With this personal freedom, it will allow the person to work wherever they choose and if they choose to do so. If the person chooses to be poor with no money and no job then that is on them. It would be their own personal choice, because they would have the freedom to do that. Economic security is different. The definition of economic security is“ is the condition of having stable income or other resources to support a standard of living now and in the foreseeable future.”
That is how people in the United States have lived for a while. Change in this situation would not be a good thing. It would be very hard for people do adapt to economic security and the rules in which they would now have to live by. There would be many people complaining and possibly even protests and riots. There is an old saying “if it aint broke dont fix it” that quote applies perfectly to this situation. Personal freedom is not broken and has no flaws in it. It actually makes people more responsible and independent on themselves rather than knowing that they will be getting paid with economic security. There will always be people that are not happy because that is just how life works. For the majority of people living in the United States money is not what will make them happy. They are happy with being able to be free and be