The Republican Right is really furious about the "culture of entitlement." For years, terms like "welfare queen" have been bandied about to try to inflame passions and influence voters.
We do need to get rid of the culture of entitlement. But the right is looking in the wrong direction. We need to get rid of the feeling of entitlement to big government contracts and legislated bribery from those who demand they should have it because they have the right friends and grease the right wheels. We need to get rid of the claim to privilege by those who have sucked the wealth out of society through activities that have damaged our nation. We need to cast off the demand that there are those who deserve to use up our resources and flaunt it in everybody else's face because, frankly, "we are better than you."
These are some of the worse claims of entitlement around. And none of us should stand for it.
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