Immorality of Government

Government creates a destructive sense of entitlement, a point liberals find difficult to understand. Demanding that government force others to give oneself entitlements is caused by government giving the entitlement in the first place. Mark Steyn comments: on Greece and the path we’re on in the US:

"We hard-hearted, small-government guys are often damned as selfish types who care nothing for the general welfare. But, as the Greek protests make plain, nothing makes an individual more selfish than the socially equitable communitarianism of big government. Once a chap’s enjoying the fruits of government health care, government-paid vacation, government-funded early retirement, and all the rest, he couldn’t give a hoot about the general societal interest. He’s got his, and to hell with everyone else. People’s sense of entitlement endures long after the entitlement has ceased to make sense."