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2016 Postmortem

PeaceNikki

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3. It drives me insane when the left says, "it's not an entitlement"

Reply to Wait Wut (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 05:52 PM

Jan 2013

yes. it. is.

And further, it makes it seem like other social welfare programs should be cut. Like SS is good, WIC is bad.

The textbook definition of entitlement is: "A government program that guarantees and provides benefits to a particular group."

It *IS* an entitlement by definition. Denying it implies that "entitlements" are bad.

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"Entitlements?" [View all] Rider3 Jan 2013 OP

Variations of the word are used in The Social Security Act of 1935. IT'S NOT A BAD WORD. PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #1

No kidding. Wait Wut Jan 2013 #2

It drives me insane when the left says, "it's not an entitlement" PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #3

The Right has vilified the word... TDale313 Jan 2013 #6

Exactly! Rider3 Jan 2013 #7

Yes! Rider3 Jan 2013 #8

What's wrong with that word? Bluenorthwest Jan 2013 #4

What is our agreement with one another that universally & concretely makes us a nation? patrice Jan 2013 #5