Thank you, but I think nothing of what I said is new for you, Neal.
In American cultural heritage, there is this "pursuit of happiness". Everybody is or at least should be free and unhindered to try his ways to become happy as long as he does not harm others. Its just that this does not mean he has claim for the state or other people needing to provide him with "happiness". It only means everybody is free trying to find happiness, and doing as he sees fit to pursue and find happiness. Which pragmatically means everybody needs to find a way to afford what makes him happy. But the work this involves, he has to do himself. Nobody else must do it for him.