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Old 08-18-2013, 08:41 PM   #233 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by songman View Post

Why would he surrender his entitlement when doing it better than the majority?
I know you are in Britain. But the word "entitlement" has a somewhat different meaning here in America.

Driving (here in the USA) is considered a privilege (not a right, and certainly not an entitlement) that is controlled and regulated by the state. Here, the word "entitlement" describes some obligation (usually of a financial nature) that the government has to you that cannot legally be denied to you or taken from you.

Many here (mostly immigrants, both of legal and non-legal status) now drive on our roads without licenses, and some approve of that and think they have a right to drive, although they are unlicensed.

A driver's license can be suspended or revoked by the state. In some states it takes amassing hundreds of violations before that actually is enforced. But a license to drive is not what we would term an "entitlement".