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> There are lazy, entitled people, but I feel that many of this generation deal with impossible expectations from parents who want their kids to be the next Bill Gates and employers who make employment confusing, frustrating, daunting to impossible (catch 22s aplenty) and oftentimes not worth the pay.[/bq]



 
The catch-22s you mention are a serious issue, I agree. How can you be expected to work if you can't afford the things required to start working? Surely that would make you doomed to fail from the start, in which case it actually isn't a person's fault for failing.


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> And let's not forget those people who can't work because of disabilities but still get guilt-tripped for needing government assistance to stay off of the streets because of a culture of selfishness and greed.[/bq]

 
Again, yes, but on the other side of the coin are the benefit frauds that simply pretend to be disabled (often by seriously exaggerating real shortcomings, such as lack of motivation) for a free ride. You know, the people that self-diagnose themselves with ADHD, ASD etc. So it's a double-whammy for the genuinely disabled.

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> It's great to work hard in school, overcome disabilities, get a masters degree, and then get made to feel like you failed because no-one will touch you for a job because employers automatically assume you're an entitled millenial. America, folks. You make a few mistakes and you lose everything unless you and your parents are loaded with money.[/bq]


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> Plus, I think everyone should have the right to healthcare without debt, since good health is important to life and productivity. Free healthcare would have saved me from two of my trips to the hospital and possibly even kept me from becoming disabled.[/bq]



 
I would like to point out, that what is usually meant by "free" healthcare, is taxpayer-funded healthcare. What is meant by "free" is "free at the point of delivery".

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I understand that this image is parody. I thought it was funny as well.)[/bq]

I'm also really sorry that you have become disabled. As someone that was genuinely born with autism (doctors thought I'd never learn to talk), I can certainly attest to the fact that the effect of disabilies _*is_* real and that we aren't just lazy. I understand this is a senitive subject, but may I ask which disability it is you acquired?

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[bq="Nittany Discord"]There are lazy, entitled people, but I feel that many of this generation deal with impossible expectations from parents who want their kids to be the next Bill Gates and employers who make employment confusing, frustrating, daunting to impossible (catch 22s aplenty) and oftentimes not worth the pay.[/bq]

The catch-22s you mention are a serious issue, I agree. How can you be expected to work if you can't afford the things required to start working? Surely that would make you doomed to fail from the start, in which case it actually isn't a person's fault for failing.


[bq="Nittany Discord"]And let's not forget those people who can't work because of disabilities but still get guilt-tripped for needing government assistance to stay off of the streets because of a culture of selfishness and greed.[/bq]
Again, yes, but on the other side of the coin are the benefit frauds that simply pretend to be disabled (often by seriously exaggerating real shortcomings, such as lack of motivation) for a free ride. You know, the people that self-diagnose themselves with ADHD, ASD etc. So it's a double-whammy for the genuinely disabled.

[bq="Nittany Discord"]It's great to work hard in school, overcome disabilities, get a masters degree, and then get made to feel like you failed because no-one will touch you for a job because employers automatically assume you're an entitled millenial. America, folks. You make a few mistakes and you lose everything unless you and your parents are loaded with money.[/bq]


[bq="Nittany Discord"]Plus, I think everyone should have the right to healthcare without debt, since good health is important to life and productivity. Free healthcare would have saved me from two of my trips to the hospital and possibly even kept me from becoming disabled.[/bq]

I would like to point out, that what is usually meant by "free" healthcare, is taxpayer-funded healthcare. What is meant by "free" is "free at the point of delivery".

(Also, yes I understand that this image is parody. I thought it was funny as well.)[/bq]

I'm also really sorry that you have become disabled. As someone that was genuinely born with autism (doctors thought I'd never learn to talk), I can certainly attest to the fact that the effect of disabilies _is_ real and that we aren't just lazy. I understand this is a senitive subject, but may I ask which disability it is you acquired?