Life requires motivation.
Minimal motivation is the urge to stay alive. That’s basic. But going from there, motivation drives everything. Motivation drives individual lives. Motivation drives and supports a family. Motivation drives and supports individuals in their career. Motivation drives businesses. And motivation drives a whole country—that’s patriotism.
America was founded on motivation. The pioneers came to this country seeking a better life. That was their motivation. They had a “can do” motivating mindset. They had a pioneer mind spirit, and that mind spirit was their motivation. Motivation is energy.
The most destructive thing to motivation in America is restrictive, anti-business laws and the horrors of the Leviathan Regulatory State.
If President Trump’s administration can achieve Zero-based Regulatory Budgeting, it will unleash electrifying American energy. And what is more, it would revitalize America.
The motivation that created America could now save America.
Carl B. Barney
April 17, 2025