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Me.

(35,454 posts) Tue Feb 5, 2019, 03:45 PM Feb 2019

FICA...The Federal Insurance Contributions Act...Is Insurance

Not An Entitlement.

Insurance that everyone pays for each paycheck.

And they are going to shove that big E word down our throats as they try to bring down the deficit. WE have to start reframing the argument

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FICA...The Federal Insurance Contributions Act...Is Insurance (Original Post) Me. Feb 2019 OP

Entitlement is merely government-speak Freddie Feb 2019 #1

I Wish That Were True Me. Feb 2019 #2

Typical of repugs Freddie Feb 2019 #3

And Trust Me Me. Feb 2019 #4

The word has multiple definitions cojoel Feb 2019 #5

Freddie

(9,281 posts)

1. Entitlement is merely government-speak

Reply to Me. (Original post)

Tue Feb 5, 2019, 04:03 PM

Feb 2019

For an earned benefit which they are obliged to pay. That is all.

Me.

(35,454 posts)

2. I Wish That Were True

Reply to Freddie (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 5, 2019, 04:11 PM

Feb 2019

But when I hear it referred to, especially by Cons, it is implied that SS is a gift coming right out of their pockets.

Freddie

(9,281 posts)

3. Typical of repugs

Reply to Me. (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 5, 2019, 04:13 PM

Feb 2019

To twist the original benign meaning.

Me.

(35,454 posts)

4. And Trust Me

Reply to Freddie (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 5, 2019, 04:14 PM

Feb 2019

they are going to go whole hog on this in the next year or 2.

cojoel

(959 posts)

5. The word has multiple definitions

Reply to Me. (Original post)

Tue Feb 5, 2019, 07:21 PM

Feb 2019

From https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entitlement
1a : the state or condition of being entitled : RIGHT
b : a right to benefits specified especially by law or contract
2 : belief that one is deserving of or entitled to certain privileges
3 : a government program providing benefits to members of a specified group
also : funds supporting or distributed by such a program

The government program is from definition 3, but to me seems also related to definition 1b.

The problem is definition 2, the spoiled child definition, which is not applicable to government benefits, but more closely fits our current president.

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