[atomicpossum]

I did stand behind a woman a number of years ago that spent the whole time in line talking on her cell phone (in the days when they were still costly and not so ubiquitous)-- and then paid for everything with food stamps. Irritating isn't the word.

[P.O.E.]

The government supplants the natural drive to work or compete to get food with a drive to petition the government for food.

The government then tries to drag people up the Maslow pyramid (e.g., "self-esteem" and "belonging" in schools), of course stopping just before the top (spirituality).