Sentence examples for an entitlement mentality from inspiring English sources

But welfare states produce in citizens an entitlement mentality and a low pain threshold.

Before Katrina, New Orleans was a basket case, albeit a charming one, with a corrupt government, an entitlement mentality and a decaying public sector.

This is an entitlement mentality — not everyone gets to own a home, let alone two or three — but the psychological loss is no less real.

Others do not, he suggests, telling me It's not even debatable that certain individuals in society have an entitlement mentality, and think they should be allowed to enjoy the fruits of their neighbours' labours.

Not content with being the richest individual in Australia, she seeks to create division between her fellow citizens and the most vulnerable in society whom she accuses as having an "entitlement mentality" towards government welfare.

Taking control of their destiny may also mean changing attitudes common in a society that combines the most rugged individualism with what many call "an entitlement mentality".

He, however, with an underdeveloped entitlement mentality, has been equable about life's sometimes-careless allocation of equity.

"There is no doubt in my mind that students who come from privileged backgrounds develop a certain entitlement mentality," Mr. McCabe said.

While simplifying monitoring of benefit eligibility, countries introducing UI should devise a strategy countering the culture of entitlement mentality.

And when you ask why, you get a lecture on getting over your "entitlement mentality".

But we won’t get rid of the entitlement state until we get rid of today’s widespread entitlement mentality and return to a society in which individual responsibility is the watchword.