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Entitlement. It's something that we all see every day. Most people, when they think of the word, think of government programs like Social Security that citizens feel entitled to. But I think that entitlement is much more than that. People feel that they have the rights to something every day. For example, everyone feels that, as citizens of the United States, we are entitled to free speech under the Constitution. But what does that even mean? Again, we are all entitled to create our own definition of it. (Unless, of course, there's a lawsuit involved, in which case the court gets the right to decide. But that's beside the point.) Swimmers, before the biggest meet of the season, are entitled to skip gym and relax when they would otherwise be doing something active. I'm entitled to use this blog to write down my thoughts and share them with anyone who cares to read what I'm saying.
When it comes to government entitlement, I believe very much that it is the government's responsibility to make sure that their citizens are entitled to the lives that they want to have. We, as constituents of the Constitution of the United States, are guaranteed the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. So yes, I believe that the government should protect our lives and our liberty. The pursuit of happiness is much harder to define, becuase what makes one person happoy could cause another harm. But everyone IS entitled to try and make their own lives as good as they can get.
So I don't really know if I even wrote this post on the right topic, but hopefully I did!
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