I haven't been rich, so I can't really speak to the sense of entitlement there, but I've been poor and spent years on welfare growing up. I can say that I never met anyone who said, "this is the sweet life, I'm not going to get a job because I get everything I need for free". I'm sure that there are some people out there that do feel that way as you can find at least one person who will admit to holding pretty much any opinion in this country. But I can say that being poor really sucks. Being on welfare is not fun or glorious. I did know people who had basically given up on trying to find jobs and get ahead because they felt like they were never going to get a fair shake, they were too beaten down by the system, by life and had pretty much given up. Maybe those are the folks you are thinking of but I can assure you that they weren't giving up because they had it good on the government hand outs.
Judah On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 7:03 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 9:23 PM, Eric Roberts > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I think that is more of an attitude of the rich rather than a result of free >> college. > > I think it's a sense of entitlement. Anyone who gets everything for > free all the time is going to feel entitled to continue doing no work > and getting free stuff. You see this with rich kids alot because they > get alot of shit for free. You'e less likely to see it in a parent > who's earning that money. > > You also see it at other economic levels. The welfare recipient who > has no motivation to work because they get everything handed to them > is an example at the other end of the spectrum. There are many other > examples in between. > > I'm not saying everyone should do any one thing - free school, pay for > school, whatever. I am saying that certain people who get a free > education tend to take it for granted - and that's not just a rich kid > problem. > > -Cameron > > ... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347682 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
