More sinister: entitlement means a legal right to something


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Posted by Dr.J on June 14, 2026 at 08:06:47

In Reply to: The sinister genius of calling these programs ''entitlement'' posted by blindness on June 13, 2026 at 13:19:55

And a corresponding legal obligation to provide the entitlement. Entitlement was initially used to distinguish social security and Medicare, funds into which nearly all Americans contributed and received, from other social programs which were part of the Great Society.

Right wingers now insinuate that entitlement to mean give undeserving people free stuff instead of giving people earned benefits to which they are legally entitled.


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