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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5867664" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>The problem with that is entitlement has been turned into a dirty word by those who want to end SS and Medicare.  Entitlement means you contributed to the program all of your working life and thus are entitled to a payment from the program.  It does not mean someone who hasn't done anything to earn something but feels entitled to something anyways.  Those legitimately receiving payments from the system aren't leeches on the system but are getting what they were promised in exchange for contributing to the system during their working lives.  And as such the part of the Federal budget that covers SS and Medicare is called entitlement spending which means they are required under Federal law to budget for and pay it out.</p></blockquote><p></p>