AZ. You may agree with what I wrote, you may not. Its hard to determine sarcasm in an anonymous posting.
You seem to be advocating the “more government” approach. Since, in your opinion, people who should, do not display hakaras hatov, we will instead legislate the appropriate hakaras hatov.
Personally, I think our yeshivos and bais yackovs should do a better job when it comes to teaching middos, along with a communal re-emphasis in middos.