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marybourg

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11. Nope. I don't grant them the Orwellian ability to turn the

Reply to brush (Reply #9)

Tue Mar 11, 2025, 05:40 PM

Mar 2025

meaning of words on their heads. Social Security has been called an “entitlement “ since its inception to CONTRAST it with CHARITY, which previously had been the only means for supporting the indigent elderly.

Sorry if the useful idiots on your favorite talk shows don’t know that. But I try to follow the wisest among us, not the dumbest.

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Just a reminder...entitlements is not a dirty word. [View all] crud Mar 2025 OP

THANK YOU Skittles Mar 2025 #1

Entitlements is a rethug slur word. Call them earment benefits paid into the system over a career of working. brush Mar 2025 #2

No. They are correctly called "entitlements". It is the easiest of wins marybourg Mar 2025 #5

Stop repeating rethug talking points. Entintlement has become that. brush Mar 2025 #6

They may have entrapped you into their distortion marybourg Mar 2025 #7

Wake up. Tune into the news shows and learn. That's a rethug tlking point and... brush Mar 2025 #9

So, you think we lost this battle? crud Mar 2025 #10

Unfortunately they've usurped the word and now it's in their lexicon... brush Mar 2025 #12

Nope. I don't grant them the Orwellian ability to turn the marybourg Mar 2025 #11

Keep on doing their work for them. They've taken over the word... brush Mar 2025 #13

K&R 2naSalit Mar 2025 #3

They're only 'entitlements' when B.See Mar 2025 #4

Of course they are. That is to differentiate them from "needs-based" programs valleyrogue Mar 2025 #8