The US Constitution ENTITLES Us To Certain Rights Just As Social Security Insurance ENTITLES Us

[KittyWampus]

To benefits as written in Law.

The only way Entitlement can be perceived as a negative is if you are an anarchist and refuse to abide by the Law or honor contracts.

And Anarchists is what the Far Right have become (as per Andrew Sullivan's observation).

[EFerrari]

1. Or if it has been demonized in the media. n/t

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

2. And yet, the way the powers that be are using the word, is equivalent to the word Liberal being

demonized. They are making it sound as if social security and medicare are forms of welfare.

[gateley]

3. We all agree, so I wish we could be hollering this at Congress and

the POTUS. To their faces!

No need to convince us. :7

[KittyWampus]

4. Let's bicker about it anyway. Too hot/humid to work outside today.

I finally gave up cause I couldn't keep sweat out of my eyes.

[gateley]

6. Well, you've come to the right place!

:evilgrin:

Don't push yourself outside, I'm glad you came to your senses. :pals:

[William769]

5. Tell that to the bots.

Rec.

[reformist2]

7. He "feels entitled", or She has a "false sense of entitlement."

These are phrases that have become ubiquitous. Unfortunately, they appear to have tainted the word "entitlement" itself!

Sadly, it might be better to think of a new word to describe SS and Medicare to avoid confusion.

[enlightenment]

8. While I don't disagree with your point, I would argue

that the Constitution does not 'entitle' us to certain rights. Rights are recognized as inalienable (with us at birth, not provided by law or custom but innate) and enumerated as such in the Bill of Rights.

Laws are not rights in the Constitutional sense because they can be changed.

Other then that, though, I agree that the word entitlement has been appropriated in a disturbing way.

ON edit: I meant to write 'disagree' in the title. oops.

[Adsos Letter]

9. Agreed.

Thje Constitution is supposed to guarantee that government will respect and protect those rights.

:patriot:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

10. So, if they do away with Social Security, or lower the amount paid back...

...does that mean I pay less into it?
Nope. Didn't think so.