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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:18 PM Original message |
"Entitlement, my ass" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. 67 Paid holidays? |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Congress treats itself well. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. The fuckers work only every other week. |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. But they are working in their home district offices. |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:57 PM Original message |
yah work... |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
10. True that. Running for reelection is their #1 priority |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
42. campaign finance reform - |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
112. While I agree that they spend entirely too much time fundraising and we need finance reform |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #5 |
61. Is counting your money called work ? |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #61 |
99. How much did we bail out the banks and Wall Street so they could keep "working"? |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 09:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
122. You have proof |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's an entitlement precisely because you are entitled to it. |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 12:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I call them "earned benefits". I think it explains the situation better. |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:44 AM Response to Reply #11 |
33. How do you earn Medicaid? |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:51 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. No shit. Medicaid isn't "earned" |
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rucognizant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 03:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
94. Damned straight it is! Paid for that is. |
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Qutzupalotl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #33 |
62. You pay into it. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #33 |
69. You earn Medicare, not Medicaid. Medicare comes along with your SS benefits. n/t |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 03:43 PM Response to Reply #33 |
101. by paying into it. nt |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 10:18 AM Response to Reply #11 |
52. But earned benefits are only a subset of entitlements. |
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nineteen50 (488 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
104. Right on |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #104 |
110. They earned it the old fashioned way: THEY STOLE IT! |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
85. exactly. That is how it has been twisted |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. Big K/R |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
8. Nothing wrong with the term. Folks actually are "entitled." Problem is the implication they're not. |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 12:26 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. It is a Republican phrase |
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CleanGreenFuture (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:40 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. it is NOT a fucking rethug phrase! It's an actual word that has a meaning that is |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:42 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. It is now. |
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CleanGreenFuture (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:42 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. You would let them win? Great! |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:45 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. No. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 03:28 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. The point is, they are taking the ENTITLEMENT of SS and equating it |
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Randypiper (527 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #22 |
70. Or define their's |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. NO! NO! NO! |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #72 |
96. LOL |
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Randypiper (527 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #72 |
109. Listen how rebublicans and fox say the word. |
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Plucketeer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #20 |
60. Yup! |
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road2000 (995 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #60 |
88. Exactly. |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #88 |
119. the thing is we need to slang it, so people realize what the republiscum |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #60 |
91. As an aside, I think a lot of people in the Eastern US are |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 03:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Look up the definition of "entitlement". |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:03 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. wrong. no need to consult the dictionary. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 09:24 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Indeed. Connotation and context are every bit as important as denotation. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #32 |
67. LOL |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 05:06 AM Response to Reply #67 |
124. brilliant response. nt |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
48. Nope. It's a correct appellation that has been demonized. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #48 |
92. Let's look at the US Code for a minute |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #92 |
102. Let's look at the English language for a minute |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #102 |
116. ERISA permits you to establish your 401(K). |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
90. We pay Federal Insuance Compensation Act taxes. |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 07:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. they are not "entitlements" .... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:48 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Complete bullshit. Our Constitution ENTITLES us to certain Rights. |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 05:10 AM Response to Reply #34 |
125. complete bullshit. |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 09:46 AM Response to Reply #30 |
47. They ARE entitlements. Entitlements are not handouts. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #47 |
71. Some entitlements are "handouts", some aren't |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #71 |
103. Regardless, a right established by law is legitimate, & should not be permitted to be denigrated. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #30 |
115. tomp, you're wrong on this one. (nt) |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 09:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
40. That connotation and the frame created by the GOP are precisely what's wrong with the term. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-11 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. And you paid for grandma and grandpa. |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 06:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Do you know anything about how Raygun changed Social Security? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 09:05 AM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Their retirement money was used to buy b-1 bombers. |
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klook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #37 |
58. Great find -- "This . . . perverts the original purpose for the surpluses" |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #37 |
76. So fucking what? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #76 |
81. The point is where we were supposed to save these funds they used it to spend more. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. So pay it back? Is that so hard? |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #82 |
86. We bailed out Wall Street ...TARP/FED RESERVE and get no interest on what puny savings |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #76 |
113. +1 |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
12. no argument from me that |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
14. Hey, you're not supposed to point out the obvious. It's so hyper partisan |
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CleanGreenFuture (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
15. How many times does the definition of "entitlement" have to be repeated here? |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
17. THE REPUBLKKKLANS ARE NOT ENTITLED TO TAX CUTS! |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 03:53 AM Response to Original message |
23. Happy to recommend |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 05:23 AM Response to Original message |
24. If they're going to start cutting "entitlements," start with Congress. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
26. Like Liberal, some have made entitlements a dirty word. I started a similar thread last week. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
27. Well, this is just nonsense. I got the same line of bullshit in an Email the other day. |
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Somawas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
28. They do it because |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
29. IT'S MY MONEY...AND I WANT IT NOW! |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
31. K&R n/t |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
35. Plus self-granted pay raises. nt |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
38. Earned benefit |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #38 |
78. NO, it does not. |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #78 |
95. The implication is handout |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #78 |
120. popular culture disagress, change words to earned insurance/etc |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
41. I don't know why everyone says this. It's an "entitlement" BECAUSE you're ENTITLED to it. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. +1 ... its sad when the left falls for the right wing's renaiming of things. |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 09:50 AM Response to Reply #41 |
50. Tada. If the concern is adopting a Rep. POV, we push back against the connotation, not the word. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
43. Somebody needs to look up the definition of 'entitlement' |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
45. Actually, kpete, It's The Right Word |
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blkmusclmachine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
46. Get in line with the rest of us mere mortals, the "Too Small To Matter" bunch: |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
49. Millionaires/Billionaires are the "entitled" ones yo-yo... |
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W T F (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
51. They're called "Entitlements" because you are entitled to them. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. I agree with you too. But there has been some powerful framing of the word "entitled"-- |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Said The Same Thing |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #55 |
66. No "somehow" about it... |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #66 |
74. How Did We Let That Happen? |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #74 |
106. Where's the PR apparatus on the left? |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
53. I agree. Call Social Security Insurance by its full name. |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #53 |
59. or old age PENSION. |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #53 |
73. Not Clinton: Reagan (and Greenspan) n/t |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #53 |
87. don't forget the "D"! |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
56. granting their own raises . . . |
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florida08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
57. the 16 trillion dollar swindle |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
63. Perfect! ... Recommended bigtime! |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
64. Kick! |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
65. An entitlement is a guarantee of access to benefits based on established rights or by legislation. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #65 |
75. It is not used in that context when describing social programs |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. That word is embedded in our laws - it is what is it. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #77 |
111. Nice defense of those 'mean old conservatives'. |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #77 |
121. & theory instead of hypothesis? where do you stand with that? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. Apparently, about half the people on this thread do not. |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #80 |
100. The phrase 'false sense of entitlement' has stigmatized the word. |
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Michigan-Arizona (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
68. K&R n/t |
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Jim_Shorts (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
79. Good point |
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Mosaic (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
83. Strongly Recommended |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
84. Congress can do away with it anytime it wants. |
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orbitalman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
89. K & R |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
93. You paid cash for your income taxes, too |
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NICO9000 (574 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
97. And Obama uses that bogus term also |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #97 |
126. It IS an entitlement - in the FORM of insurance. |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
98. We shoot ourselves in the foot for making fun of the word "entitlement." |
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BEZERKO (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
105. They aren't entitlements. |
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christx30 (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
107. I like the idea |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
108. I'm ENTITLED to every penny I put in from my paychecks... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
114. Deleted message |
democrank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
117. K & R K & R K & R K & R K & R K & R K & R K & R K & R K & R |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:07 PM Response to Reply #117 |
118. It's an entitlement because you have paid for so you are entitled to it. |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
123. Huge K and R Too bad they couldnt care less about us |
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