 entitlement vs responsibility conservatives don rsquo t understand why liberals better know as progressives because it sounds less harmless think spending money the government doesn rsquo t have is better than cutting the tax burden on businesses and keeping taxes lower on everyone the following is a perfect example of their flawed thought processes last year secretary of agriculture tom vilsack on msnbc made the following statement on the supplemental nutrition assistance program snap   ldquo i should point out that when you talk about the snap program or the food stamp program you have to recognize that it rsquo s also an economic stimulus rdquo ldquo every dollar of snap benefits generates 184 in the economy in terms of economic activity if people are able to buy a little bit more in the grocery store then someone has got to stock it shelve it package it process it ship it all of those are jobs it rsquo s the most direct stimulus you can get into the economy during tough times rdquo  it isn rsquo t just the snap food stamp program that hurts the economy unemployment entitlement and the societal acceptance of aid to unwed mothers with dependent children has also created an attitude of entitlement that fosters irresponsibility as we near the tipping point when the people who use the entitlements cast more votes to elect the people who are willing to dole them out we must be diligent in keeping that from happening the next election could very well determine the fate of the republic failure to elect constitutional conservatives will allow the progressives to complete their agenda of turning our great nation into a european style socialist state 