[in hoc signo vinces]

Nope, what I am argueing is in regard to an actual "individual's" feeling of "entitlement". To me, what you propose is "not" an "entitlement" as much as you wish to define it as such, thus apples and oranges. There's no equivocation.

People beleiving they're personally "entitled" to high pay a good job etc...without looking or makeing the opportunity happen for themselves is a far cry from the government offering assistance to spur economic growth in developing markets so that eventually those developing markets will be able to afford American products. (i.e. India buying Boeing aircraft...etc.)

[hedgetrimmer]

"Least developed countries" have been told by the WTO that they are entitled to money and advantage from "rich countries", which means our government giving away tax dollars to them.

Taxes are to fund our own government, not to enrich the biggest welfare cheats in the history of the world, the transnational corporations and their pet project "least developed countries". To try to couch this theft of taxpayer money in any other terms is disingenuous