How many of us would tend to think of any benefits we might get from the State as our just due?  After all, we pay our taxes for eventualities like this.  I wonder how things would be different if we adopted the mindset of this gentleman and were willing to pay back help that we had received - particularly if that help enabled us to be successful financially to a point where we could afford to say thank you?  How would we need to revamp our State-sponsored aid programs to facilitate more of this sort of mindset?  

I have no idea, but perhaps it's worth giving some thought.