Liberal free for all coming to an end

[GRH]

Originally Posted by smc

This country can afford every single "entitlement" that is the norm in most of the industrialized world.

I like that you put the word "entitlement" in quotation marks. This is such a politically charged word. Funny how things like basic income and health care for senior citizens is considered an "entitlement"-- despite the fact that these citizens have paid into the system for their benefits.

However, things like corporate tax loopholes and tax cuts are not called "entitlements." Funny, anytime there's a mention of taking these things away, there is such moaning and gnashing of teeth that you'd think the recipients of these give-aways feel "entitled" to them.

"Entitlement" is just one more way the right wages class warfare on the middle and lower class. They call these social programs (which smc has correctly identified as being the norm in any developed country) a negatively charged word which evokes emotion. I think it's high time we start calling tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations the "entitlements" that they actually are.