Gimme Gimme Gimme!

People who know me may be surprised to hear this, but I actually have a rather rich sense of entitlement.

I've paid income taxes for more than twenty years. I'm fairly sure that I've been paying sales taxes ever since I bought my very first piece of candy oh so many decades ago. And even though I don't own my own home, I know for a fact I indirectly pay property taxes since my rent goes up whenever my landlord's taxes do.

Therefore, it would seem to me I'm entitled to food stamps whenever I run short of cash before payday. I should get energy assistance when my heating bill skyrockets in the winter. I shouldn't ever be denied any sort of financial aid the government offers, and I want access to every subsidy ever offered to anyone who's paid less in taxes (or no taxes at all) than I!

After all, I paid for it, didn't I? The way I see it, I'm far more entitled to it than a lot of people are!