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AnnaLee

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4. To me the point is not grammar but accuracy.

Reply to DainBramaged (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 03:45 PM

Nov 2012

When Obama and his followers took ownership of the word "Obamacare" it took some of the sails out of the Obamacare attacks.

Entitlement is given to programs that are earned. The same ownership should be taken (in this case taken back) over the term.

e.g. You are damned right I am entitled to collect my entitlements. I bought them in every paycheck my entire life.

Otherwise (IMO) people just end up crying about the use of the term. Why cry when you can smile?

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Congress and the media, they ain't fucking ENTITLEMENTS, we've paid all our lives for them [View all] DainBramaged Nov 2012 OP

. dionysus Nov 2012 #1

Yea, much as I try to be respectful, this one is getting tiresome. AnnaLee Nov 2012 #2

Wrong grammar cop, I know exactly what it means DainBramaged Nov 2012 #3

To me the point is not grammar but accuracy. AnnaLee Nov 2012 #4

+1 dionysus Nov 2012 #5

Define this.... DainBramaged Nov 2012 #10

I used to work for Social Security. randome Dec 2012 #35

It's Republicans Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #6

Grow a pair, really? DainBramaged Nov 2012 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #13

Then erase it. I have a pretty big pair and DON'T need to be told grow another. DainBramaged Nov 2012 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #28

If you are yourself still employed, Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #16

It should be called "Guaranteed Reimbursements" Or "Social Security Insurance Dividends." The Wielding Truth Nov 2012 #7

It is not a Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #17

Okay, 'splain it to me, Sekhmets Daughter. I have researched and these are close enough to get out The Wielding Truth Dec 2012 #29

Okay brother... Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #30

First, thank you so much for the time and concern that your reply expresses. I agree that this The Wielding Truth Dec 2012 #31

You're welcome... Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #33

We PAID for them, therefore we are ENTITLED to them slackmaster Nov 2012 #8

You are so, so correct. RebelOne Nov 2012 #14

We are more entitled than the investor class, because we don't want something for nothing, like patrice Nov 2012 #11

I'd like to know what (low information) Republicans think the word 'Entitlements' really means.. nenagh Nov 2012 #12

THIS, A THOUSAND TIMES THIS@!!! demokatgurrl Nov 2012 #15

That's Correct Dirty Socialist Nov 2012 #22

Perhaps you could learn what the word means. rather than engaging in recreational blood boiling cthulu2016 Nov 2012 #25

We ARE entitled to those benefits. We have the RIGHT to them. kestrel91316 Nov 2012 #18

K&R forestpath Nov 2012 #19

15% tax rate on capital gains and dividends -- that is entitlements. Filibuster Harry Nov 2012 #20

By The Way Dirty Socialist Nov 2012 #21

they're not entitlements, but we're entitled to them? no, they are entitlements that we're HiPointDem Nov 2012 #23

You call people "stupid fucks" because they know what words mean and you don't? cthulu2016 Nov 2012 #24

This message could be repeated daily for those who already have their entitlements, and think midnight Nov 2012 #27

They were called entitlements nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #32

They know that if they can make "entitlement" synonymous with "welfare" Buns_of_Fire Dec 2012 #34