[grania]

I agree with you that there are people who resent those who get ahead on their own merit. The problem began when they were rewarded for their failures. And now, it's so horribly out of control (and that's pretty much globally), it's difficult to envision a good outcome.

Affirmative action, unions dictating special benefits for themselves, government handouts, cheap foreign labor (legal and illegal), a system that encouraged forever debt are just some of the contributing factors.

[frank ballenger]

great list of factors in the failing experiment in American socialism

The losers expect 100% healthcare and housing (Section 8) and are resentful if they are not given these.

The late great Paul Harvey used to say——What used to be called relief,welfare or handouts and were hidden by families who were ashamed they needed to accept temporary help until they could earn on their own again, are now called “entitlements” and are resentfully and impatiently fully expected of the government.