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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 10:37 AM Original message |
How about instead of entitlements, social well-being |
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Just sayin is all... (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. "Entitlements" is a legal term with meaning |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. welcome to DU |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. it makes them sound "bad" I don't think they were called entitlements |
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Just sayin is all... (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. If you're paranoid... |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. You have a point, but the RW "reframes" terms all the time, and I think that's what |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Not paranoid and never said these programs are welfare. The word |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Thanks and Welcome to DU n/t |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Thanks, and welcome! |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. "Entitlement" is a dirty word when applied to things such as |
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WingDinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. How about progressive, instead of liberal? A rose by any other... |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. Frank Luntz says they poll poorly. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Goody! another opportunity to say... |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Only if it shuts him up and the PTB stop using his info. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. Obama has made it very clear that he is on the side of those who wish to shred the safety net. |
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cutlassmama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
14. Entitlement means a person is entitle to it. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
15. The word entitlement was invented by Republicans |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. It's not correct to refer to unemployment insurance as an entitlement |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I don't refer to either it or Medicare or Social Security |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I don't call anything that you pay into in order to qualify for benefits an entitlement |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. +1000 |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. We should not be ashamed to call things by their proper names |
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