Cichawoda:
The ideals this country were founded on were not “free rides for everyone.” It was and still should be about PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY for your own actions and the fulfillment of an individual’s dreams based on DETERMINATION and HARD WORK! There are plenty of ways for America to make progress but to base that progress on the expense of those of us that actually work for a living is not the way to do it.
As for my “self-righteous pity” – I have nothing to be ashamed of as I have WORKED for everything I have. I put myself through college – I didn’t count in the governemnt to do it for me. My father passed away when I was very young and I helped with the two family paper routes from the time I was 5 until I went away to college. My mother worked 4 jobs at a time and we NEVER had to go on any kind of government assistance. Don’t tell me I don’t know what it is to struggle!
It is people like you that have turned America into a lazy, self-indulgent, “what can I have someone else do for me so I don’t have to do it myself” society. Congratulations, it’s quite a legacy you are leaving for those of us that are young to have to clean up!
