Good post. My own story is very different, but I've reached the same conclusion about the culture of entitlement.
Thank you.
I think anyone who has even a mediocre sense of responsiblity to bettering themselves will have a tingling of doubt about government handouts.
As to the posts about minimum wage jobs: I started at my company as a receptionist earning minimum wage, two and a half years later I'm a vice president with a big fat mahogany desk and an expense account. Well...I still work 60 hours a week, but hey...