tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-570497968855832694.post5971423581643117657..comments2023-05-10T04:52:13.662-05:00Comments on American Descent: An Entitlement MentalityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-570497968855832694.post-90030410793574463722010-04-21T08:45:49.741-05:002010-04-21T08:45:49.741-05:00Something Mark is eluding to that really needs to ...Something Mark is eluding to that really needs to be discussed on the national level is the Liberal work ethic (or lack there of). I haven't heard anyone on the left talk about taking personal responsibility for there decisions, instead they want the nation to take the hit in the form of "social justice" or entitlement programs.Edwin Droodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07734335669101499685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-570497968855832694.post-5726613236725120812010-04-20T16:03:55.530-05:002010-04-20T16:03:55.530-05:00I couldn't agree more, Mark. Read the previous...I couldn't agree more, Mark. Read the previous post, btw, and its comments. I was surprised to read Jim articulating what governments role SHOULD be, and that is to grant people...<br /><br /><i>"the opportunity to [make a quarter million a year] if they have the smarts and the drive to make it happen."</i><br /><br />This is what you and I and Art have been saying this whole time. Only to get bashed by the likes of Jim and BenT for doing so.<br /><br />The poor do not need nannies. What they need is support and encouragement to "make it happen." Not everyone wins the lottery in life, but you can't win anything at all unless you buy a ticket. The poor need to educate themselves <i>in spite</i> of their circumstances and substandard schools. They need to believe in themselves <i>in spite</i> of their circumstances and the station to which they were born (and count themselves lucky they weren't born in pre-1950's India where <b>NO</b> upward mobility was possible), because <i>anything</i> is possible in America. Even a black man can become president! The poor need dig deep into their soul for the drive and determination to dig themselves out of poverty. They can do it. It's up to them... not government. Because government-- as it now practices management of the poor --seeks only to maintain the status quo, not see them rise above it all and succeed. If government truly wanted the poor to succeed, it would not do much of what it now does.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08874712703862427318noreply@blogger.com