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duffyduff

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10. They ARE entitlements

Mon Dec 10, 2012, 08:14 PM

Dec 2012

You pay into it, you are entitled to receive the benefit.

They are the exact opposite of means-tested programs like Medicaid, Section 8, and food stamps.

Lots of semantic nonsense has been spewed.

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They are not effing "Entitlements"!!!!! [View all] sellitman Dec 2012 OP

Yes They Are Earned Or Prepaid Benefits - You Are Entitled To What You Pay For. TheMastersNemesis Dec 2012 #1

Earned benefits, prepaid benefits, or paid social insurance any way you want to Cleita Dec 2012 #2

You are "entitled" to them because you paid for them. Lex Dec 2012 #3

Yes, I agree. RebelOne Dec 2012 #20

Thank you. Chakab Dec 2012 #28

Earned benefits. LeftofObama Dec 2012 #4

Entitlement is correct, though. Lex Dec 2012 #5

The word entitlement includes the word "entitle," which among other definitions JDPriestly Dec 2012 #32

"To furnish with a right or claim to something" Lex Dec 2012 #43

Yes. That's the point. The word has one meaning that is appropriate but also, due to the JDPriestly Dec 2012 #57

"that is due to the ambiguity of our language." no, it has nothing to do with any ambiguity in HiPointDem Dec 2012 #46

exactly still_one Dec 2012 #52

You correct them, and you are wrong duffyduff Dec 2012 #11

There is a difference. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #33

It's not the definition about honor or rank. Lex Dec 2012 #44

The Republican trick is to use the word "entitlement" BECAUSE it has multiple meanings JDPriestly Dec 2012 #58

yes sellitman Dec 2012 #36

These are the items of the Federal budget that are paid for in full to the penny - and by the lowest hedgehog Dec 2012 #6

Sadly, the RW Wurlitzer has done the same thing to the word annabanana Dec 2012 #7

We shouldn't buy into their idiotic understanding of "entitlements" however. Lex Dec 2012 #8

Agree. freedom fighter jh Dec 2012 #27

Please see my posts 32 and 33. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #34

They are entitlements. The problem is yours, in not knowing what the word means. cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #9

The media through innuendo has changed the meaning of the word in this context. Cleita Dec 2012 #16

Some people hear that Democrats are resisting changes to entitlements... nenagh Dec 2012 #19

Shall we stop calling ourselves liberals too? NYC Liberal Dec 2012 #26

No. Liberal I claim because you really can't change the meaning. If you notice Cleita Dec 2012 #42

The word is used differently today in this instance sellitman Dec 2012 #37

They ARE entitlements duffyduff Dec 2012 #10

Yes they are!!!!! johnp3907 Dec 2012 #12

Not this shit again. Words have real meanings. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #13

I disagree sellitman Dec 2012 #39

question we should be asking: "why has the right wing picked 'entitlements' as an easy target?" 0rganism Dec 2012 #14

What is wrong with the word "Entitlement?" Atman Dec 2012 #15

Currently... The Only Ones Feeling "Entitled"... Are The Very Rich WillyT Dec 2012 #17

They ARE entitlements, you paid for them so you are ENTITLED to get what you paid for. The problem Raine Dec 2012 #18

I agree. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2012 #21

Aww jeez... Recursion Dec 2012 #22

How about instead of running in fear . . . MrModerate Dec 2012 #23

K&R I agree totally! LongTomH Dec 2012 #24

And what is wrong with "entitlement"? NYC Liberal Dec 2012 #25

Classic Example of GOP changing our language moblsv Dec 2012 #29

I AM "entitled to the money jaysunb Dec 2012 #30

When they lump programs like food stamps and Medicare together, they call them entitlements. sellitman Dec 2012 #38

self delete lumberjack_jeff Dec 2012 #49

In that case you shouldn't get coverage for doctors or drugs through Medicare. dkf Dec 2012 #31

Sir, yes, Sir! freshwest Dec 2012 #35

That's what "entitled" means Yo_Mama Dec 2012 #40

They are, but too many people think it means "freeloading" alarimer Dec 2012 #41

I worked for the Social Security Administration for 35 years Silver Swan Dec 2012 #45

They *are* entitlements, which *is not* a cussword. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2012 #47

An idea: the negative connotation comes from spoiled kids and bad generations -- downandoutnow Dec 2012 #48

This discussion reminds me of something an old sex manual said about the words penis and vagina slackmaster Dec 2012 #50

entitlements mean we are entitled to them because we paid still_one Dec 2012 #51

no, you are wrong. veganlush Dec 2012 #53

Earned Benefits is better framing Matariki Dec 2012 #54

Tell that to the US Social Security Administration Art_from_Ark Dec 2012 #55

People love Social Security - it's an entitlement. David__77 Dec 2012 #56