America's "Entitlement" Culture

I was at the local Walmart today, working not shopping, and I noticed something disturbing. I must have seen 8 or 9 women of the 400+ pound variety riding around in those motorized wheelchairs/scooters that they have for the handicapped. Did I miss something? When did being a fat, lazy slob with no self respect become a "handicap"? And one of these women was there with her daughter, who was also 400 pounds and also riding a wheelchair. WTF? I'm just guessing that if one of these beauty queens were to drive past some 80 year old, passed out on the floor because there were no wheelchairs available, they wouldn't even feel guilty. No, they're "entitled" to that wheelchair. Just like they're entitled to their food stamps, their subsidized housing, their handicapped parking places, etc, etc. What the hell happened to our great country? When I was growing up I can honestly say I never knew anyone who was overweight who wasn't at least trying to lose a few pounds. And I couldn't imagine seeing any of my friends or family cruising through a grocery store in a wheelchair they didn't truly need. We've become a country where a certain percentage of the population seem to think they are entitled to anything they want simply because they breath American air. These are the people who gave us the housing crisis by purchasing $300k homes on $30k incomes...because they "deserved them". They're the people who voted for "hope and change" because Mr. Hope told them it wasn't their fault they couldn't pay that mortgage. And now you and I get to provide for their health insurance too...guess we weren't doing enough before. I have a lot of answers to a lot of our problems, but I'm afraid I don't know how to fix our "entitlement culture". But I'm still working on it.