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SunSeeker

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10. I prefer to call SS and Medicare "earned benefits."
Sun Oct 27, 2013, 02:38 PM
Oct 2013

We paid for them by working and being taxed for it. It is essentially insurance we paid for.

The terms "entitlements" is much more appropriate for farm and oil subsidies, on the other hand, because it largess to the rich who think they are entitled to it.

Leave MY Social Secuity ALONE. PearliePoo2 Oct 2013 #1
Is this sarcasm or did you not read past the title of the thread? Revanchist Oct 2013 #2
Yes, I agree with what you wrote and suggested! PearliePoo2 Oct 2013 #6
I think that's important: "entitlements" per se aren't a sacred cow Recursion Oct 2013 #3
It looks like C was set up to appease the 1 % for having to BlueToTheBone Oct 2013 #34
Carried Interest Ruby the Liberal Oct 2013 #4
Those aren't the ones on the table but the ones that can Cleita Oct 2013 #5
Hey, Senator Cruz said that we should cut entitlements to help balance the budget Revanchist Oct 2013 #11
I agree with you but again no one is putting those on the Cleita Oct 2013 #13
I think you are buying in to the Republican meaning of entitlement, which is incorrect. cui bono Oct 2013 #7
Well in my post I did label all of them as subsidies. Revanchist Oct 2013 #12
Maybe, but even then you're still equating the two which is incorrect. cui bono Oct 2013 #15
As I have explained in other posts rock Oct 2013 #28
Axe the Mortgage Interest Deduction for anyone making more than $100,000. BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #8
The Mortgage Interest Deduction itself should have a cap rather than being tied to income. yourout Oct 2013 #31
Those not qualify as entitlements. nt Hutzpa Oct 2013 #9
Farm subsidies are definitely entitlements, as are some energy subsidies (nt) Recursion Oct 2013 #14
How so? cui bono Oct 2013 #16
They're legally defined mandatory spending Recursion Oct 2013 #18
Not in the political climate of today. cui bono Oct 2013 #19
Words mean things. Recursion Oct 2013 #20
I edited my post while you were posting and added this... cui bono Oct 2013 #22
Well according the some members in Congress Hutzpa Oct 2013 #17
I prefer to call SS and Medicare "earned benefits." SunSeeker Oct 2013 #10
The OP has used the term wrongfully, and by the way, SS and Medicare ARE entitlements duffyduff Oct 2013 #27
while i agree with the sentiment nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #21
Entitlements for the wealthy, including large corporations, are, have been, and will continue indepat Oct 2013 #23
We need to threaten Reid and others like him with primary challenges emsimon33 Oct 2013 #24
Look up the definition of 'Entitlement' GeorgeGist Oct 2013 #25
Changes in taxes on higher income due to the ACA: freshwest Oct 2013 #26
subsidies daybranch Oct 2013 #29
We DO need to make cuts to Social Security. penndragon69 Oct 2013 #30
Well if you are entitled to it it means you earned it. zeemike Oct 2013 #32
You should copy/paste to his contact page ffr Oct 2013 #33
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