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Showing Original Post only (View all)Repeat after me - benefit. Ben-e-fit. Benefit. Social Security is a BENEFIT. [View all]
It is not an entitlement program, as the talking heads want us to believe.
It is a BENEFIT!
Looky here :
From the Social Security Government website:
Apply Online For Retirement Benefits
What is the best age to start receiving retirement benefits?
Social Security Announces 1.7 Percent Benefit Increase for 2013
http://www.ssa.gov/
And guess what? Medicare is also a benefit!!
http://www.medicare.gov/Pubs/pdf/10116.pdf
How about that?!!
I've been paying into the system for 41 years, so when I retire, I can get MY BENEFITS!
It's time, past time, to start calling Social Security what it is - a benefit that we contribute to all of our working life.
So the next time someone calls it an entitlement program, it wouldn't hurt to correct them.
Balance the budget some other way politicos - but keep your sleazy hands off of my benefits!