Republicans have done their job well in making "entitlements" a dirty word.
I have a married couple who are retired as friends and they are very conservative. They are now shocked to find that being on Social Security they are now part of what they always thought were those bottom feeders who receive "entitlements".
I warned them during the Bush years that Republicans were lumping Social Security in with all the rest of the "entitlements". Evidently they didn't pay attention and now they are mad to be made to feel like they are receiving welfare when they paid into SS for years.
Their predicament and discomfort is actually a little amusing given that they've been labeled by the party they worship.
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