Archive for March, 2009

Entitlement

Friday, March 6th, 2009

It seems that while people are becoming more entitled to a whole host of things such as education, health care, old age pensions, and so on, they are becoming less entitled to keep the fruits of their labors. This seems backwards, and counterproductive.

The word “people” may be misleading here, as the individuals involved may be different.

This creates some counterproductive  incentives, which have been noted by others more eloquent and perceptive.