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iwillalwayswonderwhy

(2,729 posts)
Sat Apr 6, 2013, 09:36 PM Apr 2013

Entitlements [View all]

Getting to go to Harvard because through luck of birth you were born to an alumni.
Getting the best hotel room or best table based on who you are, while bumping someone who already has a reservation.
Getting away with high crimes including murder because you have enough money to purchase your innocent verdict, and that's only if you get even charged for the crime, which, because of who you are is unlikely.
Evading taxes legally, because by golly you are rich enough to evade taxes legally.
Getting a promotion because of who you know, not how you work.

It's sick, and I mean sick to call Social Security and Medicare an entitlement.

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