Over the past few months we have seen a dramatic increase in our government's insistence that certain industries be run fairly. We've seen orders to loan money to those who can't pay it back. We've seen caps on salaries. We've seen the expansion of government oversight in so many areas it is scary.
Unfortunately it is not limited to our country. Two islands in the Caribbean (French colonies) are crying "foul" and "unfair" over similar things. The islands residents think that food is overpriced as compared to the mainland (did anyone think about the cost of getting the food to the island?). http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090222/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_french_caribbean_roots_of_unrest
This whole attitude of something for nothing is becoming tiresome. People need to learn that is more helpful to get a hand up instead of a handout.
There is an old saying, ""Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." Our world is caught up in the first sentence. We are in a cycle of feeding everyone without teaching them to feed themselves. What happens when those who can feed can longer afford to feed others? Do they starve? Or will they learn to fish?
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