Dependency and votes

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Those who regard government “entitlement” programs as sacrosanct, and regard those who want to cut them back as callous or cruel, picture a world very different from the world of reality.

To listen to some of the defenders of entitlement programs, which are at the heart of the present financial crisis, you might think that anything the government fails to provide is something that people will be deprived of.

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