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In reply to the discussion: FFS... the PURPOSE of ENTITLEMENT REFORM is to REDUCE benefits [View all]BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)it's hard to make the case that these are "pre-paid" benefits with RWers and other assorted anti-poor-people folks. However, as an American, we have earned the right to these benefits, as Chris Hayes pointed out to that Reagan Republican, David Stockman, the other night.
David Stockman tried to make the case that people in Florida in retirement homes get combined $50k per year in medicare, medicaid, and social security. He believes they didn't earn it and shouldn't get as much. He argued for means-testing that Chris was passionately against.
Chris Hayes:
"They didn't earn it in a dollar sense. They earned it in the citizenship sense. They earned it in a sense that we have all agreed to have this universal benefit."
FF to 5:30: http://www.msnbc.com/all-in