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        No one should be entitled to anything, especially when someone else is working relentlessly to provide it for someone else. Ezra Taft Benson's political stance in his talk A Vision and a Hope for the Youth of Zion takes an unpopular stance by comparing socialism to welfare. It is ironic that the national government thinks they are helping deprived citizens when in reality, they are creating a heavier demand of dependent people. While on the other end of the spectrum, citizens who are financially independent are taxed in heavier brackets. In other words, the harder someone works for success financially, the more the government takes. The article stated that government considers it a "right" for citizens to receive welfare rather than it being a privilege. I feel that it should be a "right" of individuals to contribute to an assisted living program such as welfare, rather than a mandatory ploy to assist some individuals that have no work ethic.  Perhaps, I am embittered towards this ideal of government charity because I study and work tirelessly to provide a better future for my family, not someone else's.