Sense of entitlement is too much to bear

Is there any wonder where this entitlement culture has come from? We have bureaucrats spending 16 dollars for a muffin, we have other taking trips on the taxpayers money, we have politically connected union leaders along with the politicians engaging in boosting taxpayer-funded pensions for political donations.

How many bureaucrats are using our money for private purchases, or travel expenses? Is it any wonder why there is so much fraud in the food stamp program, in Medicare and Medicaid, and in so many other entitlement programs? There’s that word again.

What a supreme example of how corrupted and entitled these politicians are who treat our tax dollars, the ones to build bridges, the ones for funding education, the ones for helping the poor, like it’s their little piggy bank money. Is there any question why the general public seems to believe there entitled to other people’s money when their representatives are doing just that?

I’m getting sick of the day to day corruption and waste in this state and Washington; these people should be prosecuted for fraud. They all took vows to serve the public. Hah, what a joke that vow seems to many of us. Who says anyone is entitled to anything other than what they have contributed to or worked for?

Martin J. Uttich

Carol Stream