Quote Originally Posted by cfred View Post
I get what you're saying Rachael...I really do. And yes, people have had to deal with changing legislation, crappy life circumstances, etc forever. No one is disputing that, nor is anyone feeling that they are exempt from difficult times. But do you just sit back and take it? If you found yourself suddenly with an illness, do you fight it or just say 'Meh, them's the breaks' and pour yourself a drink and wait to succumb? Probably not.....You'll most likely give it a shot at beating it...at least I think that's what most of us would do..
Absolutely and I have no issue with any of you defending it. I've fought more than a few battles myself over my life time.

My issue is the "Oh I can't have a fourth child", "Oh I will have to downsize my house", "Oh, I need to double my rates and screw parents because I have to maintain my standard of living".

These are the elements I find offensive because these are BS elements of life for everyone and admittedly because I don't have a tolerance for the victim mentality when someone has had it freakin' awesome for so long. It reeks of eating cake whilst the pheasants have bread crumbs and then suddenly whining about entitlement once the cake is gone.

I actually agree with many of your posts - and I do think you have understood that I have.

But I can't get on board with those who aren't fighting for the changes for any other reason than they might have overstretched themselves financially riding the cruise boat and now are facing what so many other industries, provinces, face daily.