Sannah,
The negative folks generally have never really seen anyone in a real rock-bottom situation (i.e. a refugee camp). That would enlighten them and change their entitlement-ridden behavior.
Maybe Obama can increase incentives for peeple to joing the Peace Corps or learn a little discipline by joining the armed forces (like the Corps! - slight bias here
).
Most folks have never really seen what it is like to be "down and out". It would open their eyes to what they really DO have.
-Vic