"The solutions to all of America's problems cannot be solved with acts of goodwill. Or can they? Getting involved with goodwill projects is at the heart of saving America. This is not hard to do. Have you noticed how good it feels to know another cares about you? Have you noticed how nice it is when someone is helpful and courteous to you, instead of rude and uncaring? Have you noticed how goodwill spreads? If I stop and help a woman pick up her spilled groceries, hopefully she'll stop for the next person who needs a hand. It is a kind of repayment. It happens all the time on America's roadways. Joe stops to help Sue change a spare tire. So, when Sue's husband sees a person stuck in a parking lot with a dead battery, he is the first to offer his jumper cables and truck for a jump. All the program needs is a little bit of faith, and a lot of concern for the future of America. ...My solution may not be very original or complicated, but it's the easiest, and only God knows how far the network will reach."
Jennifer Artemis Carr, Aubrey High School, Aubrey, Texas

Compared to citizens anywhere else in the world, Americans help their fellows in larger percentages and it doesn’t seem to matter to the outcome whether the motivation is based on ought or on desire. The unprecedented generosity is part and parcel of the American political system; a political system that anticipated citizens living with uncertainty. Because America’s political structure is not a planned economy where security is offered in exchange for regulation, ordinary Americans often find themselves living on the brink of disaster. This breeds sympathy for one’s fellows; a sympathy unparalleled in the history of mankind. Americans make sacrifices, and would do so and did indeed do so without government’s mandate. American goodwill is the natural outpouring of sympathy by those who have lived with insecurity and can appreciate its peaks and valleys.