Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

Democracyinkind

(4,015 posts)

3. Don't let Repub Newspeak win

Reply to Unknown Beatle (Original post)

Sat Dec 1, 2012, 05:50 PM

Dec 2012

Damn it, back in the seventies even libertarian godheads like Robert Nozick used "entitlements" to describe the most legitimate form of possession. This is the only instance in which "if it's good enough for libertarians, it's good enough for me" applies.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

14 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

I hate the word 'entitlements' [View all] Unknown Beatle Dec 2012 OP

They are only entitlements if you aren't a corporation or rich. geckosfeet Dec 2012 #1

On Chris Hayes show this morning he has renamed them Cleita Dec 2012 #2

I like that... one_voice Dec 2012 #4

Don't let Repub Newspeak win Democracyinkind Dec 2012 #3

I hate it, too loyalsister Dec 2012 #5

Means testing for these programs is a false equivalency. Cleita Dec 2012 #7

False equivalency? loyalsister Dec 2012 #9

Why not? Cleita Dec 2012 #11

So, people who have contributed along with their spouses and families loyalsister Dec 2012 #13

Could you explain that a little better? Cleita Dec 2012 #14

your post is erroneous. specifically, this: HiPointDem Dec 2012 #6

Exactly. For 29 years SS payments REDUCED the deficit. But the MINUTE it came time to pay it back.. Junkdrawer Dec 2012 #10

How about "Earned Benefit"? TexasBushwhacker Dec 2012 #8

Earned benefit, although accurate, seems to fall into the same Cleita Dec 2012 #12