Congress and the media, they ain't fucking ENTITLEMENTS, we've paid all our lives for them

[Sekhmets Daughter]

16. If you are yourself still employed,

Your FICA taxes and Med taxes are paying for the benefits of those already retired. There seems to be a general lack of understanding amongst Americans of all stripes as to just what Social Security is and how it works. The same is true for Medicare. Basically it is a social compact whereby younger, working age generations, contribute to the retirement and medical care for older generations. Thus, you have paid and are paying for your grandparents and parents, your children and grandchildren will pay for you. Neither program is an "investment" with an ROI.

And that is what is so dangerous about this current push the republicans are making. There is absolutely nothing in the Social Security legislation that says monies must be returned if the program is discontinued.

I'm tired of people getting all riled about the use of the word entitlement, it happens to be a good word and if you don't throw it back into the face of any asshole who uses it sneeringly, you risk losing everything. You are entitled to those benefits because you have been fulfilling your end of the bargain. Why should you behave as though you re ashamed of that?