"Entitlement" outrage

A few days ago Presidential candidate Mitt Romney was heard making the following comment:

"There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it. That that’s an entitlement. And the government should give it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what . . . he starts off with a huge number. These are people who pay no income tax. Forty-seven percent of Americans pay no income tax. . . . I mean that’s what they sell every four years. And so my job is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."

Liberals everywhere were almost immediately up in arms, claiming that Romney clearly doesn't care anything about the American people.  The sad part is, there were a significant number of conservatives mirroring their opinion.

 Come on people!  Where did you ever get the idea that you were entitled to health care, food, and housing?  And who told you that the US government was responsible for providing these things?

Heads up folks: you are NOT entitled to health care, housing, and food.  All of these things are benefits, they are the result of your work.  The bottom line is, when you work, you eat.  You either pay for insurance, or find a job where a generous employer pays for it, or makes it available to you. You spend your money for rent or mortgage so that you have a roof over your head.  

Where did we get such a skewed view of what our government is responsible for?  Ask your grandparents how they ate 50 years ago.  Ask them what they did when someone needed a doctor, or how they provided a home for your parents.  I'll bet they all say the same thing:  "we worked for it."

By the way, this is not a new concept!  This is God's principle.  Yep, it's even in the Bible.  2 Thessalonians 3:10 states is pretty clearly:  "For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat."  I don't know of any higher authority than that.