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Mr. Wattenberg says that voters have concluded that there's too much "something for nothing" going on--crooks are getting away with their crimes, welfare recipients are freeloading too long, schools are giving tests without consequences, and affirmative action policies are blindly honoring quotas instead of talent.

Cheryl Wetzstein reports on culture for the national desk of the Washington Times. Ben J. Wattenberg is a senior fellow at AEI.