Originally Posted by lutzTD

what I see as a main difference and one that is oft not discussed between the US situation and the Canadian, European or whatever, maybe one of our northern neighbors can let me know if this is also true there. In the US, we have a culture of entitlement, dare I say even miltant feelings that a person should have what everyone else has, whether it is earned or not. I have seen it my whole life, there is a huge segment of our population that believe the system owes them, and take great pride in working the system to thier favor to achieve benefits neither needed or deserved. this is at work in our foodstamp and welfare system as well as our heathcare system. it is what keeps millions of lawyers on TV telling people to call if they have even a minor accident or feeling they have been wronged. I have not seen this culture of entitlement anywhere else in the world. I make OK money, but the last thing I want is another system that forces me to carry people with no ambition or drive, that just have 10 kids to stay on the welfare train. I dont have any issue helping those who need help, but I still believe the numbers in the welfare roles are swelled by 1/2 with people who could work and just chose to not work, the heathcare system will be another system that is drained of its resourses by those who just chose not to contribute and always want to take