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You are spot on. They are breeding a ton of resentment and tearing the country apart. The ‘have nots’ are not a homogeneous group. Nor are the ‘haves’. This simplistic splitting of society into the Ebeneezer Scrooge side and the Tiny Tim side is arbitrary and based on nothing accurate. It is, however, based in some of the worst human traits, like envy and hatred. Make NO mistake. It's the same type of hate and group think that led to the destruction of Jewish businesses in Germany before the war; that led to the cultural revolution in China; that led to the deaths of 100s of millions in the USSR; and that led to 9/11.

The time for PC is absolutely over. That may be one of the only good things to come out of Obama’s presidency. We need to start talking about why there are ‘have nots’. For some it's because they've had very hard lives and never caught a break. For others it's because they never had the motivation to better their lives, despite opportunity.

Why is the rate of welfare, illegitimacy, single parent households, school drop-out, and crime so high in the inner city? Is it the fault of someone in the suburbs who worked hard, got an education and landed a good job? Should they then be punished? Is it because the schools don't have enough money? How much is enough money, and how will that ‘fix’ these problems. Is it because there aren't enough parks, basketball courts or baseball fields? Is it because everyone else benefits by having disaffected people who depend on public assistance? If so, how does that work?

I'm so sick of the perpetuation of myth in this country that ‘fits’ an ideological world view. We can't progress, or even sustain as a society if we can't even have an honest conversation.

"We need to start talking about why there are ‘have nots’. For some it's because they've had very hard lives and never caught a break. For others it's because they never had the motivation to better their lives, despite opportunity."

An excellent post! I submit that while there are those who have had very hard lives, the vast preponderance of them are those who have been told all of their lives, over multiple generations since the "Great Society", that the man owes them everything for free and they are and always will be victims.