Where did (some) Americans get the idea EVERYTHING must be paid/ worked for

idk last time i checked i didn’t ask to be born why should i be worked to death just to barley afford to eat? everytime i bring this up people automatically say something along the lines of “oh well that’s just how the world works” “everything can’t be free or people won’t work” but why is it like this? we shouldn’t have to be forced to work in order to survive and that’s just that