There was a time when a man arose to the Presidency and challenged, rather than entitled, Americans to seek great things.

And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.

It was a heady day, a day of big ideas: a race to the moon, the fight against world wide communism, ending poverty, civil rights, and more.

Today’s Presidency, though? Big Bird, bayonets, birth control, and government subsidies. Forget about asking what you can do for your country–it’s time to feed at the trough and see what you can get from your country.