A Nation Of Moochers and Freeloaders?

Are we becoming a nation of moochers and freeloaders?

It seems like we are experiencing a new culture ... I can feel the shift in American or Filipino characters... we are fast becoming a society of freeloaders and moochers. 

I just went out of Walmart and somebody approached me if I had 3 quarters so he could buy a cigarette. The other day in the mall ... another person came and had the gall to ask for money for food. Do we have beggars in America ... I can almost smell the familiar aroma of mendicancy in Quiapo. It is deja vu 2.0 once again,

While driving in the street I saw another man ... sitting on the side of the street with a poster telling the whole wide world he was homeless and needed help. As we passed by the back of K-Mart ... we saw another woman scavenging for anything valuable in trash bins. And when we turn on The TV, news flashes millions of Americans are dependent on government aid and social welfare programs.

Are we as a nation teetering to the dangers of becoming dependent on somebody's generosity? Is the new moocher culture permeated and saturated across lines of class, race, and public sectors?

Not that I am complaining about somebody's goodness of helping somebody in need ... like in times of hurricanes and natural disasters in the Philippines everybody practices the bayanihan spirit to help out and be counted. I am not arguing about somebody's compassion - somebody's empathy to recognize the suffering of others and then take action to help. We are not here to question somebody's expression of love and solidarity - and his sense of charity.

I am here to argue about the moocher culture ... in which financial independence, personal responsibility, and economic reliance have given way to a mindset where everybody expects the government will be here to help anyway.

But what happens if the help you expect does not come? What happens if the help you need does not materialize? It is such a grim picture ... and this article is a rallying cry for Americans or Filipinos who are content in nurturing a defeatist attitude of "bahala na" ... leaving everything to fate as they say "We will cross the bridge when we get there."