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one_voice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:09 AM Original message |
Entitlements... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. Well, I call it an entitlement--I figure I'm "entitled" to it, since I paid for it! Also, the GOP |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Absolutely Correct |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. +1000 Right on! |
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iamtechus (868 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
3. An entitlement is something that you're entitled to. |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. using the word entitlement when speaking of Social Security is a right wing meme |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Welfare is NOT an Entitlement! Christ. |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I understand, stop yelling at me please. My point was what the word has come to |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Pretty sure I've heard Obama use the word entitlement wrt Social Security and Medidcare benefits. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. You sure he was being "negative?" We are ENTITLED to those things--we paid for them. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
5. .... |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. do you think you'll ever convince people that don't believe the dictionary on this? |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. the denial comes in when someone doesn't want to realize what the |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. you can ignore what the word has turned into and try to reclaim it, |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. the problem is when you let the right wing redefine words at will. |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. problem is, is that what it means today. read up on it. learn some history of it. |
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one_voice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Well damn..n/t |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
7. LOL, another well meaning person who doesn't know what the word means... |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. yep, chalk up one more, the one I am replying too, for sure! |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
15. I'm not sure welfare isn't an entitlement as well -- here's why |
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