Community Can't Be Created by Government

Maine: A young woman from the nearby college was swept down a waterfall while swimming with friends at a popular river. The townspeople worked till early morning hours diverting the falls and eventually found her alive. That’s community.

Oklahoma: A toddler goes missing at a local lake and from the closest town (population just 1000) over 600 people come out to search for her. She is eventually found safe by 2 riders on horseback. That’s community.

Florida: The citizens of Jacksonville line the streets to pay respect and honor a Desert Storm, missing-in-action pilot whose remains were just identified and returned home. The pilot’s family knows the town remembers their sacrifice; the soldier is not forgotten. That’s community.

President Obama, - community can't be legislated or demanded. The people of America are the kindest, most generous people on the face of the earth. We don’t need government to tell us how to be a community. It’s in our blood. Please remember too, that charity is a voluntary act. When the government takes money from one person, and gives it to another, well, that’s the definition of theft.