This is precisely the attitude that was on display down in NOLA during Katrina.
It was painfully obvious that 'people' were gonna sit there and wait for the 'gov'ment' to come and take care of them. It was their 'right' and the gov'ment's 'job' to come to their rescue.
Nevermind that the water keeps rising, we'll just sit here and wait.
I'm up here in Baltimore, babysitting the grandbabies for my son/daughter-in-law. They are AD military (she is) and they can only afford a house in the inner city of Baltimore. They live on a fairly nice street, but the whole place just scares me and two younger sons.
So many people on the streets, just hanging around all day, no hope. This street, the young black men just hang out right out in front. They are polite and so helpful, but what are they doing out there???? My heart aches for them, they've never been taught to grab your chance, never learned much. ONe helped with the TV the other night and I was asking him about going in the military. He took the ASVAB for the Navy and failed it by 2 points. The Navy cut off it 35!!!!! I told him to try the Army (their cut off is 31 i think) I suggested tutoring. If i was going to be here, I'd tutor him. He's 24, 2 kids, no mama in the house, grandma raises them. He could turn his life around, or he could keep on and one day be 44 and still on the corner, drinking beer. He has a nowhere job, i think he could go for it.
Better we help each other than the gov't nanny state be expected to do it.
He's a really nice young man.
And that is just what happened. Does stupid fit the rest of us?