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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 08:43 PM Original message |
‘Entitlement’ Is a Republican Word |
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SoutherDem (317 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. I agree cut the entitlements... |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. What do you have to do to get Medicare? I thought you were "entitled" to it on your 65th birthday. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 10:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. You pay a premium out of your social security check. Just like you |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 07:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. To be specific, one doesn't "do" anything; the govt takes it right off before you GET the check! |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:07 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. My point - I pay for it thus I DO and I have a right to what I pay for. |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Does that mean people who don't work (and therefore don't pay premiums) don't get Medicare when they |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. When people pay into the social security system for decades, are they |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's not a "Republican word". Republicans misuse it by implying they are bad. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 09:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I agree and would add... |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. No, it's not.... |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 10:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. +1,000,000!!! The OP has Bernie Sanders as his/her avatar, and yet |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 07:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. The distinction is between DENOTATION (Democrats) and CONNOTATION (Republicans). Connotation is |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. i read this earlier today, and while i know the original intent of the word, i'm totally convinced |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. "sense of entitlement" |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's just a word. What the Republicans have done... |
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roxiejules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. and now 'Entitlement' is being taught in school |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 07:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. And when they are old, they will hit that $$ brick wall, but their evil mentors will be long dead. |
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eomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
13. "as he moves toward the center" |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
14. Helping people is not simply "ideological predispositions," Mr. President. |
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