I’m was sitting at an IHOP eating breakfast the other day, listening (okay, eavesdropping) to a conversation from the table next to me that has sadly become far too “normal” in America. It went something like this:
“I been to the hospital lots of times and don’t got no insurance. They can’t make me pay nothing, it don’t matter how long I’m in there. I just told them I ain’t got no job. I ain’t got the money, it’s not my problem. It ain’t my fault. I deserve to get healthcare and have the government pay for it ’cause I can’t afford it. That’s my right.”
Really?
We’ve created generations of people who think they have the right (rather than the opportunity) to everything they need (and many things they just WANT) but not the responsibility to pay for it, work for it, save for it, or pay taxes for it. Thanks to years of political indoctrination and liberal media, they think “the government pays for it” means it’s FREE, and I think they honestly don’t even realize that it means the government TAKES someone else’s hard earned money BY FORCE to fund their entitlements (some realize it, but I think we’ve gotten to a point of political stupidity and self entitlement that most people with their hands out just think “government” has money). They demand their entitlements (can you say “Occupy Wherever”) not realizing, or not caring, the “the government” gets it’s money from the rest of us who work our butts off and pay taxes.
It’s such a foreign concept and so utterly irresponsible to think this way… it’s hard for me to accept that people REALLY DO have this mentality. It’s not a put on, a show or hypocrisy. They really do think they are entitled to free services, hand outs and government sanctioned “equality” rather than Constitution guaranteeing OPPORTUNITY.
Millions upon millions of people (hundreds of millions? Certainly tens…) have their lives diminished and their concept of freedom, personal achievement, responsibility and dignity eroded by a minuscule number of politicians who enslave them with government treasures in return for their votes and an elitist academia/media who have NO tolerance for any viewpoint they don’t rubber stamp (despite their relentless cries for “tolerance” about their ideas).
I sat and wondered how otherwise decent people could find themselves with such a mentality and it’s not hard to understand really. Fifty or sixty years of indoctrination have now yielded the expected harvest.
Not sure what the point of this post is, except just to vent a little. It’s frustrating to know my kids and grandkids will have to grow up fighting this mentality.
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at 9:09 pm
So Brother Brent,
Does this really mean that you support Ron Paul for President and that turning America back to the Constitution and Bill of Rights would be a welcomed change?
As a Born Again Christian, Small Business Owner, Registered Republican, Patriot and Natural Citizen of these few United States
I long for the Republic to once again be a beacon of light and hope to the tired, poor and yearning to be free. I have only heard only one of these presidential hopefuls talk about LIBERTY and that is Ron Paul. Liberty is what we received in Christ and it is Americas Founding Principle. Knowing that you served and are a true patriot, I ask you to weigh in and shine your light.
R.C. Fallis
at 10:04 pm
All I can say is “Amen. I am in complete agreement with you, Brent!”
at 8:02 am
Additionally, this would include those on Social Security Disability. Certainly some should receive this benefit but I know others who should not and this includes people who have put very little into the system due to being a young age or not working over the years but are now on SSD because the government “owes them.”
at 10:22 am
Interesting that they did not have money to pay for their medical bills….yet they were paying for a meal at an IHOP?? Sad statement about their “priorities”.
at 10:32 am
And no doubt the same mentality would buy junk food with food stamps while paying cash for beer and cigarettes, right before visiting the local Casino or public lottery… the really sad part: THEY are the one really being hurt by all this. Yes, we that work hard have our income robbed from us, but at least we have our dignity, purpose and peace of mind.
at 11:05 am
It’s amazing to see the “share” count go up by Christians on negative/complaining posts than it is on Spiritual posts… actually sad
to see this.
at 1:23 pm
Amen! I agree that it is sad, (and a bit disgusting) that this mentality (and behavior) is normal in America! What ever happened to earning your keep???
at 5:14 pm
I can relate to a lot of the frustration you expressed here…and the more I think about it, the more it makes me less angry and more sad at where this country has ended up. People with entitlement issues and ignorance regarding the “free” assistance they are receiving are broken people like everyone else, brought up in a broken world…with a very broken America.
at 8:26 am
Back in the 60′s and 70′s when I worked for a state Welfare Department, the saying was: “What would happen if welfare payments stopped today?”. The answer was: “Nothing, because people would find a way to get by, able-bodies would go to work, families would start living together to help financially.” Now the amount many people receive in government give-aways exceeds the earned incomes of many Americans. And once they get on a program with “free” health-care, they will do anything to say on it, even turn down jobs, etc. Their whole lives revolve around getting all the government benefits and not losing them. Our government should be trying to get people OFF free benefits, not increasing the availability!