The Entitlement Culture

Ruben Navarette provides a much needed reality check for a problem that reaches into all aspects of American life. Here's a taste:

The No. 1 economic threat facing the United States today isn't globalization, stagnant wages, unfair trade policy or illegal immigration. And it certainly isn't what one cable TV demagogue glibly calls a “war on the middle class” by big media, big corporations and big special interests. Rather, it's the sense of entitlement that many Americans take with them into the workplace and the eagerness with which they shift the blame when things don't go according to plan. The key is to never take responsibility for the personal decisions you've made. Eventually, some opportunistic politician will come along and confirm what you've always suspected – that you are at the mercy of forces beyond your control.

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