Frugality is hated by most people, even people who support private enterprise and want government to leave small producers alone. Frugality means being frugal, which is defined in one dictionary as “economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; entailing little expense; requiring few resources.” Frugality was an essential part of the success of early American pilgrims and pioneers. Those who built America from scratch did not live opulently, with a constant stream of sugary, caffeinated, or alcoholic beverages washing down their throat. They worked long hours and were lean in body. Most of them had a stronger faith in God than do most of us today. Their spiritual resources gave them the perseverance to endure difficulties that would make most Americans today cry out for a government program to relieve them. They did not sue somebody when they got hurt. The great-great-grandmother of the overweight Walmart shopper that you see riding around in a motorized cart was likely carrying water from a well at the same age. We who are alive today are living off the accumulated material and spiritual capital, so to speak, of our tougher, more frugal, more devout forefathers. We are squandering what they left us. Soon we will be forced to be frugal. And it will be much more painful than if each one of us were frugal voluntarily now. We should refuse to allow ourselves to be dependent on large organizations such as state and federal governments, or corporations.
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