When I started working it was a tax. Somehow it has changed into an entitlement.?

March 10, 2025 - 07:57 UTC

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Only Republicans call it an Entitlement. SS has never been an Entitlement, it is insurance WE paid for all our working lives.
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It actually is an entitlement it's just that they've made entitlement into a ugly word. We are entitled to it.
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It’s both. It is called an entitlement because you are entitled to it.
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It was never a tax. It was optional when it was created. It technically can still be opted out of, if I recall correctly. It’s just very difficult to do so. Social security was set up as a way to guarantee income for Americans after their working years, for the many who are not financially savvy.
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So is a 401K but it’s still your money that you invested for your retirement.
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"Entitlement" comes from the word, Entitled. Somehow, the word has come to hold the opposite of its true meaning in GOP-speak. Entitled means it is not theirs to take! We have to push back on their bastardization of language to win.

entitled
adjective
qualified for by right according to law
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