Dan East - 29 October 2008 10:25 AM
Drover, just out of curiosity, which posts referred to Social Security or Medicare as entitlement?
I was thinking the exact same thing. So, I’ll give you/us one. Medicare and Social Security are entitlements. Now, drover, before you go getting all worked up, keep reading. These 2 programs are entitlements in the truest sense of the word. Check out Webster’s definition of “entitlement“
1 a: the state or condition of being entitled : right b: a right to benefits specified especially by law or contract
So, drover, you are entitled to those benefits because you paid in to the programs. Now, maybe somewhere along the lines, someone posted something that used the word “entitlements” with negative connotations. If that’s the case, then they used the word improperly.