The "Entitled"

"You think you have a right to eat, sleep and get health care in America? You are on Medicaid and yet you stumble into my healthcare clinic with a cell phone in one hand and a manicure on both?!"

Well, you see this person is often not yet twenty, works at McDonalds and is expected to look and act presentable to the public.  Her peer group also expects her to meet certain social standards, including possession of a cell phone and good looking fingernails. If she doesn't do these things, she will likely be isolated even further from the mainstream.

So, if you were in her situation what would you do for a way out?

Some people stay that way.
For lack of inspiration or hope or motivation or opportunity...whatever.

Some people make their way, that is to say, they earn it.
The best route of course but not always easy for them to see.

Some people find their way.
By accident...

Some people are given a way.
Thanks to parents with some means to spare.

Some people steal a way.
See"slammer" (not effective) or "Wall Street banker" (effective) or both.

Some people fade a way.
Hopefully, that comes later, much later.

And of course there are combinations of all or some of the above right?

Yet in all these ways, people feel entitled to something do they not? What I mean to say is the word "entitled" is not reserved for the lower class or entry level citizen.  Everyone's got some of it...that feeling of entitlement, even SCOTUS designated corporations (see Citizens United).

Here's a pearl; Did you know 99% of us are or are descended from immigrants?  What do you suppose the economic position is of persons who have come from other countries?

The ones we dislike are the ones who have have stopped trying to improve their lot and rest on the "entitlements" our society has established.  We have no credible system for distinguishing from those who are deserving and those who are not.  Fortunately I believe the former far outnumber the latter so we're good right?!

So lighten up America! Quit worrying about the "entitled" and instead, try to help those who are finding their way.