A Nation of Moochers: America's Addiction to Getting Something for NothingWe have experienced a shift in American character: we've become a nation of moochers. Increasingly dependent on the efforts of others over our own, Americans are free to freeload. From the corporate bailouts on Wall Street to the alarming increases in personal default and dependency, from questionable tax exemptions to enormous pension, healthcare, and other entitlement costs, the new moocher culture cuts across lines of class, race, and private and public sectors. And the millions that plan and behave sensibly, only to bail out the profligate? They're angry. |
Contents
Moochers Dilemma | |
The Joys of Dependency | |
Addicted to OPM Other Peoples Money | |
Want Need Right | |
I Piggy Bank | |
Walk Away from Your Mortgage | |
An Interactive Readers Exercise | |
The Bank of Mom and | |
MiddleClass Suckers | |
Why Get a Job? | |
An Abbreviated History of Mooching | |
Whats Fair? | |
Step Away from the Trough | |
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A Nation of Moochers: America's Addiction to Getting Something for Nothing Charles J. Sykes No preview available - 2013 |