Has America become a culture of entitlement

Has America become a culture of entitlement, where people expect society--parents, teachers, governmentto provide for them regardless of their own efforts?
Mary Arguelles, "Money for Morality"
Bill McKibben, "A Modest Proposal to Destroy Western Civilization as We Know It: The $100 Christmas"
Using source material from BOTH of the essays above, write an essay of 500-750 words responding to the following essay question. You may use brief quotations, a paraphrase, or a brief summary as supporting examples from the essays. You must cite your sources following MLA format, using quotations when quoting exact words and using MLA style internal citations for all material used from the source articles. You must also create an MLA formatted Works Cited list at the end of the essay for the sources from the textbook which you use in your essay following the format for citing more than one article from the textbook.
Your essay may not include any source material except the articles specifically identified above in Writing on the River. All source material must be properly documented in MLA format including internal citations (tags) and Works Cited entries.
You may use your textbooks as you write. You may not have any other assistance while you write.
Has America become a culture of entitlement, where people expect society--parents, teachers, government to provide for them regardless of their own efforts?