| Mr Khan said: All things are relative in terms of rioting and social action. Just because migrants from the Dust Bowl were glad to get $5 a day from California farmers in the '30s doesn't mean people can't be livid about not getting health benefits on top of $10 an hour on a given farm today Though these riots in particular had little to do with entitlements, however, and more with the general culture of hooliganism in Britain, which has to be something that runs deeper than any overt social engineering |
Agreed that it isn't entirely about entitlement policies, but I think it's a huge part of the cultural picture. People who have kids they could never otherwise afford simply to collect more in child benefits don't exactly tend to be contenders for the Parent of the Year award. Also, entitlements... breed a sense of entitlement. That sort of attitude becomes pervasive pretty quickly once it sets in and doesn't just limit itself to the stereotypical "welfare queens".
