Entitlements. Love Em Or Hate Em.

Have you ever heard of the term 'entitlements'? How about 'entitlement generation'? Okay, most people think of entitlements as funding for the poor, out of work or just plain lazy people who are supported by the government to one degree or another. Entitlement generation is all about the boomer generation. The boomer generation has also been called the"Worst Generation", the most self centered, self-absorbed and a lot of other negative adverbs. But there's another group of people who are actually deeply involved with government entitlements. The wealthy are given special treatment in taxes, access, and other benefits not available to anyone else. In some cases they pay no more taxes than do the very poor because of special loopholes in tax law designed strictly for the very rich. Ya see, entitlement, the word, means basically, special treatment. It means someone is entitled to something for free that the rest don't get. Now for the very poor, entitlements mean the difference between starving of getting through another day. But for some, entitlements mean an extra trip abroad, a vacation ski lodge in Aspen or an automobile elevator in the house. The question comes down to whether we feel anyone is entitled to anything? We do expect that everyone should be entitled to some things. I'd like to think I've got the right to vote. I'd like to feel free to breathe clean air, drink clean water or even drive my gas hog and keep my wood stove going 24-7. But it doesn't quite work that way. I also think that the poor and disabled deserve or are entitled to be supported by society to the extent needed. I'm just not as convinced the very rich should be entitled to extra special treatment, just because they are the very rich.