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2016 Postmortem

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

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 06:43 PM

Jan 2013

http://www.ssa.gov/history/35act.html

It means recipients are ENTITLED to the payments.

The right has bastardized it, but it's not a bad word.

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

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