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Letter: Fixing the entitlement problem

Editor, Gazette-Journal:

Much is made in the news about the high cost of entitlements and how to fix them, but can we or, better yet, should we?

Millions of Americans have adopted the social safety net as a career choice, when it was intended to be short-term, not a lifestyle. The humane effort to feed, clothe and house the needy has ballooned to the point we working adults put in many days a year to feed others. A noble endeavor indeed, but not a fix for the real problem. The problem has always been the same. Let’s take three issues:

1. In a country one third of a billion strong and growing, what can we do with so many idle hands? This is thought by most futurists to be problem number one for mankind, period. Whether unemployment is by choice or circumstance, everyone should put in a day’s work for a day’s pay. It defines us; makes us productive and worthy. We, as a nation, must figure this out for it is the major issue. Just because we can automate processes...

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