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Add to FavoritesThe average American is I don't know if I would say lazy, but maybe not ambitious or as stimulated as one might think an American should be. We rely on technology to get us through our day. The thought of exercise is a horrid idea for a lot of Americans. If you want a quick answer take a quick look at the obesity in America it's a shame how fat and lazy one nation has become.
The commercials and advertisements are very good at luring us into their greasy fattening un nutritional food. We vanquish and cant resist the indulgence often times many Americans aren't really that hungry, but they still eat away just because of boredom or maybe even depression. It's is a funny and kind of ironic when you see an obese person at the buffet and they have like three plates full of food and even a couple of sugar rich deserts ask for a diet soda.
Even Americans dogs are overweight and lazy. They are overfed and don't get enough exercise, because guess what they aren't going to get walked or go to the dog park because the owner is too lazy. The same goes for not all but most fat kids. Again not in all cases, but in a lot of instances if the parents are fat the kids may be fat.
Is it just lazy or being innovative in the way that we are always trying to find a way to make life easier, and make things easier to do. That is one of the many reasons why I do believe that many countries envy Americans so much, because we take advantage of all that we are blessed with. It is a shame when you see an American settle for an average minimum wage job. There is no excuse absolutely no excuse for someone born in America to not take the opportunity to prosper and become someone in life. It's sad to see so many people live without ambition.
It's almost like if they have no hopes and dreams, or somewhere along the way they gave up on themselves and chose the easy way out the lazy way. What's the point of living with no hopes and dreams no inspiration you might as well be a walking zombie. People that let themselves go and find excuses are in the same boat one should live to better themselves and if you better yourself then everything else will come in to a better happier life, family, friends, work, and health.
Never settle for less than average, then again never settle for average, one must rise against all odds and become someone laziness is unacceptable in the pursuit of success.
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This question, Is the average American lazy? is a question posed that presumes truth while slandering the very people that, because of their efforts and sacrifices, this question could be asked.
The premise that Americans are lazy, while false, can be attributed to over-regulation of the workplaces either by unions (AFL-CIO, CSEA, etc.) or by government oversight (OSHA, EEOC). Additionally, the migration of illegal immigrants from Latin America into the United States displaces workers in the United States from their jobs by undercutting the wage scale the so-called cheap labor sub-culture. Also at work against the American worker are the race baiters the group of people that pressure organizations, companies, and corporations to hire minorities over people who may have merited or have been more qualified for the job. The race baiters also seem to don the title of Reverend quite often Rev. Jesse Jackson (Rainbow-PUSH), Rev. Al Sharpton, and of course, Rev. Jeremiah Wright and his chief follower Barack Hussein Obama (ACORN). Two of those race-baiters brag to have never worked a day in their lives.
The target: the 'rich' Caucasian male trying to provide for his family. When he earns money, the government helps themselves to, at the very least 25.3% (10% tax, and 15.3% Social Security, though Obama wants to increase the former number) of his wages to support those for whom working is past or undesirable. When he earns a little more, the unions increase their dues to bring the total take-home back down to what it was. When he earns a lot more and does something like buy a sports team with it, the race-baiters get all upset that there should be a majority of minority players on the team, usually by coercing said owner of the team to give some money to some undefined good cause, and should they refuse to caveat to the likes of Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and the like, they're labeled as racists, or discriminatory, or my personal favorite, prejudiced, - all labels which diminish him in the sight of his wife, his family, and his neighbors.
Should a man continue a pathway toward fulfillment, when at every turn, his brothers loot and rob him of the joy that is the fruit of his labors? Many of them do, not by choice, but by compulsion and duty.
Consider the following: the nations of India and China, when combined together, are a force of population nine times greater than that of the United States, yet the United States outproduces these countries. When it comes to agriculture, the percentage of farming workers in the United States is less than 2% (1 in 50), yet we outproduce crops and livestock for countries that 40% of their population are farmers.
If we Americans are lazy, then how could this be?
We Americans work more in less time than other countries, hence, our production is much greater. What drives us to this need for self-reliance? Our faith and our will. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution doesn't guarantee that every citizen will be a millionaire, some other aire or instantly famous it can't guarantee that. But what it does guarantee is that pursuits of those things are indeed possible, and for some, necessary for the American dream.
Those lazy Americans? Not average by any stretch of the word!
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