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In reply to the discussion: Because apparently it needs to be said. [View all]johnnyfins
(872 posts)47. You are absolutely correct
Unfortunately, Rush Limbaugh singlehandedly turned "Entitlement" into a RW dirty word and equated it to welfare. That's what happens when the Fairness Doctrine is destroyed.
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It very well IS AND ENTITLEMENT,, because we did work for it, we are entitled to it.
HUAJIAO
Jun 2023
#1
Exactly. I've never understood the opposition to the term "Entitlement." But
Silent Type
Jun 2023
#2
We need to stop voting for people who refuse to end the cap. Why are these fucking people held up
onecaliberal
Jun 2023
#4
And there you go, as R. Reagan would say, defining the essential mission of the GOP.
jaxexpat
Jun 2023
#74
"We" don't vote for these people. But the magats in a separate reality only hear each other and vote
housecat
Jun 2023
#58
Which is exactly why it is an entitlement. Entitled means it is owned to you.
we can do it
Jun 2023
#18
It's only fair to raise the wage cap. There are more millionaires/billionaires than ever. Plus, most
allegorical oracle
Jun 2023
#40
It might be fair, but it won't happen unless a lot more Democrats are elected.
Silent Type
Jun 2023
#44
It's because the right has demonized the word "entitlement," just as it did the word "liberal"
wackadoo wabbit
Jun 2023
#57
right,, repubs have twisted the meaning of the word, the media runs with that meaning
HUAJIAO
Jun 2023
#22
Frankly, the only real entitlements are the ones the Repugs like to grant themselves --
KPN
Jun 2023
#3
Republicans have always been against Social Security because it is for workers and not
Lonestarblue
Jun 2023
#11
They've been doing it for a very long time. They've succeeded in a very big way.
onecaliberal
Jun 2023
#48
Believe that was the fantasy of the Laffer Curve and supply side economics, that if the rich aren't
allegorical oracle
Jun 2023
#42
Interesting -- thanks for that info. It's such a complex balancing act and that's before three years
allegorical oracle
Jun 2023
#56
You're right onecaliberal -- we worked for it - us and our employers paid for it. n/t
iluvtennis
Jun 2023
#28
The OP stated "Social Security is OUR money. It exists because WORKERS PAY INTO IT."
grantcart
Jun 2023
#38
So? It is still counted in the amount that employers consider their total payment to an employee,
pnwmom
Jun 2023
#65
No its not. Its counted as an employer expense just like an electric bill or other business expense
grantcart
Jun 2023
#66
House GOP releases budget that would 'destroy Social Security as we know it'
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2023
#72
It is in the old Republican DNA and now the MAGA Republican DNA - they want to take our Social Secur
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2023
#80