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Jeffrey Levin

ENTITLEMENTS?

I PAID CASH for my social security. Our benefits are NOT some kind of charity or handout!

Congressional benefits.... premium federal healthcare, outrageous retirement packages, 67 paid holidays, three weeks paid vacation, unlimited paid sick days!

And they have the nerve to call my retirement an entitlement???

[dweller]

1. Exactly THIS !

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[mopinko]

2. when did the meaning of that word become the opposite of what it means?

i hate this meme. the plain meaning of the word is-my name is on that money, it's mine.
not some shit i get cuz i breathe. dont play into that.

[DavidDvorkin]

3. Agreed.

[Martin Eden]

4. Social Security and Medicare are EARNED BENEFITS

I PAID for these earned benefits with deductions from my paycheck during my entire working life.

Republicans give huge tax cuts to the rich and get us mired in extremely costly wars of choice -- jacking up federal budget deficits.

Then they point to the budget deficits, put on their fake "fiscal conservative" masks, and argue that ENTITLEMENTS are bankrupting the government and must be cut back.

Remember Grover Norquist and his goal to "shrink government to a size that can be drowned in a bathtub"?

Republicans WANT budget deficits.
Republicans NEED budget deficits.

Budget deficits ARE ESSENTIAL to their LONG TERMS GOAL to DESTROY Social Security and Medicare.

Their policies futher enrich the oligarchs who finance their political careers, feed the military industrial complex, and jack up budget deficits pursuant to transfer even more wealth from working Americans to the super rich by robbing us of our earned benefits.

[keithbvadu2]

5. When you can vote for your own pay and benefits, it becomes more obvious how much more you truly des

When you can vote for your own pay and benefits, it becomes more obvious how much more you truly deserve.

[bottomofthehill]

9. They have not voted themselves a pay raise in 13 years

And they get the same benefits as the rest of the federal work force

[Gore1FL]

6. Why is entitlement a bad word? Since when does it mean "welfare?"

I am literally entitled to Social Security for all of the reasons outlined in the graphic.

I am more offended by the notions that "charity" and "entitlement" are synonymous and that "charity" is used so disparagingly in the discussion.

[bottomofthehill]

7. The congressional benefits part is all bullshit.

Just stick with the truth. I have been paying into social security for 42 years. It is not an entitlement it is a paid into benefit. I have payed in, my employer has paid in when not self employed, I earned it.

The rest is nonsense.

[2naSalit]

8. Never forget it!