Let’s add another not fully formed thought to the afternoon’s list.
It occurs to me that the people I hear arguing that poor people just feel entitled to food, healthcare, etc without paying for it are often the same folks arguing for significantly lower taxes. Or, to put it another way, they feel entitled to all the benefits of living in an advanced democracy, without paying for it. Not saying that it’s always inconsistent to hold those two positions or that anyone saying one necessarily says the other, but I do hear it pretty often.
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This mentality goes hand-in-hand with the slogan from the GOP convention – “We Built That”. The thinking goes like this: Everything I have I’ve earned all by myself without any help from anyone. Therefore, taxes are theft and government assistance is socialism.