Facebook just flagged my "WE'LL BE CUTTING" post as "Partly False Information Found in Your Post"
I shared a story about Trump, at his "Fox Town Hall," saying "We'll be cutting."
Now, what was he talking about? "Entitlements." And what do Republicans consider to be "entitlements?" Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
Here's the alert I received, and the rationale behind it appears below.
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THE RATIONALE, from the "fact checker?"
"According to a transcript of the event on March 5, 2020, Trump never specifically mentioned those entitlement programs by name. The headline and subheader of an article claimed that the president specifically said those were programs for which he was planning to reduce funding. However, the words "Social Security" and "Medicare" do not appear in the official transcripts."
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Things that are Entitlements are things that beneficiaries are receive because their costs were pre-paid. The word is based in the same roots as the notion of a Title for Real Property (which technically is a Fee Simple deed, but that is another matter) or a car (which is often called a "pink slip"
. Social Security and Medicare are entitlements for this reason. Medicaid is not a pre-paid benefit.
In no way should this post be construed as supporting any reduction of either entitled benefits or Medicaid benefits (or any other benefits). I posted this because I don't like how right-wing talking points creep into our everyday lexicon.
