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In reply to the discussion: They should not be called entitlements.. they are earned benefits!! [View all]BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)56. They aren't "earned" benfits. They are PURCHASED benefits
We all paid real money to fund these programs. We bought it. We expect to get what we paid for.
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Entitlements also refer to benefits that are not 'earned' such as medicaid
Freddie Stubbs
Mar 2013
#1
An entitlement is a thing to which you are entitled by exchange or by contractual agreement
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2013
#3
They are called entitlements because we are ENTITLED to them because we earned them.
pnwmom
Mar 2013
#4
Okay, following your line of reasoning, do you have the right to drive on that portion....
OldDem2012
Mar 2013
#19
I'm in favor of a Government that has a constitution that begins with the words,.....
OldDem2012
Mar 2013
#49
No, thats not it. He is entitled to the returns on 40-50 years of investments. That is a lot of
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#47
Entitlement comes off as weak only if you let conservatives sell it that way.
Gormy Cuss
Mar 2013
#39
That's such a ridiculous distortion of reality that I can't take you seriously
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2013
#67
This is what marks you out as a right wing libertarian with no idea about economics
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2013
#81
You say you are a "liberal economist," yet you believe that redistribution is theft.
Common Sense Party
Mar 2013
#79
Your property is defined by government laws, and you obtained it with government help
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2013
#68
not really, since insurance is only claimed when you 'need' it. social security, at least, is not.
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#35
they may, but need is not the criterion for benefits. an important point since so many on the
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#51
The fourth Wednesday of each month an amount to which I am 'entitled' is deposited into my
bike man
Mar 2013
#38