George Costanza
A Friendly Liberal
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Much of the "personal responsibility" is lightly shielded blame the victim. The rich are rich because they earn it, the poor are poor because they did something to deserve it.
Its the old "born on third base and you assume you hit a triple" Those who come into life with two strikes against them are deserving of their situation.
There is a reason why it was once considered noble and honorable for a person to work to provide their children with a better future and life than they had themselves. To work to assure their child had as much of a head start in life as possible. In America, that USED to be common. Parents worked hard to give their children, and their children's children, a better future. "Born on third" as you said.
But our society fell to corruption, selfishness and lack of morality. The victim mentality took hold. People stopped caring about kids. Somehow, the value and preciousness of a child was slowly diminished (abortion? No religion in schools?), to the point that a child was seen as a "punishment" more than a gift. (See: Barack Obama stating he believes in abortion because he wouldn't want his daughters "punished" for a mistake of getting pregnant. Look it up BO actually said that.)
But, no more. Now, if one's child gets a head start because you worked hard to provide it, well, you are greedy and immoral, and Obama is here to take some $$ away from you to redistribute it. How dare you set your child up for more success than anothers.
How does the "victim mentality" play into your claim that parents' concern for raising their children properly has gone by the boards?