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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 10:13 AM Original message |
Announcement! Social Security And Medicare ARE NOT ENTITLEMENTS! |
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CleanGreenFuture (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. Um...you should check the definition of "entitlement" |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Um, ...they're actually called "transfer programs." n/t |
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CleanGreenFuture (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. So? What does that have to do with the definition of "entitlement"? |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
2. Wrong. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
3. Entitlement is not a dirty word. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
4. They should be basic functions that are independent of politics. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. Yes, they are Entitlements. Just like, as American cititzens, we're entitled to various Rights as |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
6. see, the pukes have fucked up the language. Entitlement=bad word in their book |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
7. I am wrong, they are Entitlements but Like the word Liberal, Entitlement has become a dirty word. |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Running away from the word won't help, as with "liberal"... |
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veganlush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
8. entitlement is the right word... |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
11. You mean we're NOT "entitled" to them? nt |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
12. Actually they are |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
13. "Keep government hands off my medicare." |
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econoclast (259 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
15. Despite the fact that SS has been marketed to us as insurance ... |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. If the wealthiest continued to pay FICA throughout the year, much of the |
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