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valleyrogue

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14. They aren't means tested. You earned them you are entitled to them.

Reply to DoBW (Original post)

Sat Jan 4, 2025, 09:17 AM

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I don't know why people on DU keep spewing nonsense about these programs. Entitlements literally mean earned benefits. To say these programs are entitlements distinguish them from means tested programs. It is not right wing talking points to use the word. Years ago somebody on this board failed to understand this simple fact, and the misinterpretation caught on like wildfire. The word is used in the Social Security Act of 1935.

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H. Jeffries lights it up after speaker vote [View all] DoBW Friday OP

Not now, not ever. Can you hear Rep.Jeffies, Johnson? SS and Medicare are earned benefits. brush Friday #1

He only hears what trmp wants him to hear... spanone Friday #2

if you look at the video NJCher Friday #5

I scream that every time bamagal62 Friday #3

Better at lying. That's for sure. brush Friday #4

And we have to fix that - IMMEDIATELY. calimary Friday #8

This: soldierant Friday #11

It *is* an entitlement because we are entitled to it. Dark n Stormy Knight Saturday #13

Yeah. We're entitled to these benefits. LisaM Friday #6

The word has negative connotations now, but Dark n Stormy Knight Saturday #12

Small business owners certainly understand that they pay double SS Hope22 Friday #7

They are literally entitlement programs because they are earned benefits we are entitled to. Gore1FL Friday #9

Yep. These are NO freebies. They've been EARNED. Through years of honorable work. calimary Friday #10

An entitlement is not a freebie. You earned it. valleyrogue Saturday #15

This isn't the GOP's misuse of the word. It is those on the left who run away from something that is literally valleyrogue Saturday #16

They aren't means tested. You earned them you are entitled to them. valleyrogue Saturday #14