“…The way welfare seems to breed dependency that moves to the next generation and never goes away. The sense of entitlement is literally taught. Organizations like Acorn exist just for this purpose. I believe this is a dignity destroyer. I've had people brag, BRAG!, about the goodies they get from the government. This disgusts me.” – DJ
Overall, I find the sense of entitlement and teaching thereof found within the upper socio-economic strata of society to be much more troubling than that of the lower. I can say this with some confidence since I was born into those strata here in the US. First, it is not needed while in most cases the latter actually has needs. Secondly, it is used to perpetuate the myths of our economic system as well as deceptively acquire so much more than is healthy for those with such large appetites. AIG and other investment vestiges of Wall Street, the banking industry, auto manufacturing corporations and other “private” enterprises are beyond hypocritical in taking bail out funding, their actions are downright criminal. Talk about destroying dignity!!! And, then they just give themselves raises with tax money..bragging all the way to the bank! http://norris.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/unbelievable-words-from-aig/ http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-march-18-2010/conservative-libertarian See Don?...again we agree that entitlement attitudes are the bane of society… On Mar 25, 2:07 pm, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > I know you didn't mean it the way I took it Fran. Perhaps I'm a little > nostalgic for the cowboy image. We used to be different. Not better but > unique. Successful, driven. As you say, the big boys on the block. Now > we're sliding into mediocrity and I don't like it. The WHO and Fidel > freakin' Castro is praising my government. Somebody slap me; I must be > having a nightmare.;-) > > Thanks for the kind words and your sentiments are reciprocated. I believe I > understand why you think like you do. My problem is I don't trust my > leaders not to abuse their power. We just handed the government(or they > just stole it*whine*) a LOT more power by approving massive tax increases. > I'm including the forced insurance and fines as taxes here. They really > sneaked this one by the American people. Even Fox News doesn't use the word > Taxes as often as they should be. The feds decide how this gets spent. For > the first 5 years they just collect taxes the hand outs don't start 'til > later. I expect them to waste most of the money. Or borrow from it like > they did Social Security(damn foolish and irresponsible that). It is really > very frustrating how ignorant most Congressmen are when it comes to > economics. They figure out what they want to do(spend a boat load of money) > and then hire economists and accountants to make the data look good. They > cook the books. It should be criminal. > > I know you haven't accused me of hating poor people but I get that from > others all the time. Helping poor people doesn't bother me. Hell, it just > makes good economic sense if you can get them back on their feet. What I > object to are the processes. The way welfare seems to breed dependency that > moves to the next generation and never goes away. The sense of entitlement > is literally taught. Organizations like Acorn exist just for this purpose. > I believe this is a dignity destroyer. I've had people brag, BRAG!, about > the goodies they get from the government. This disgusts me. > > I wish I could communicate better but that's the best I can do. > > dj -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
