Take Note - Social Security Is NOT An “Entitlement”
Program!
The individuals, groups, media outlets, and members of
congress who refer to Social Security as an “entitlement” program do so as part
of an effort to demean or slur the Social Security program, and it should have
no place in the American vocabulary.
Keep in mind that since the beginning of Social Security in
1935, there have been and continue to be dark forces that have tried to do away
with the Social Security program as we know it. For those who truly support the
Social Security program, but who acquiesce to the use of the term, “entitlement,”
in connection with Social Security and thus play into the hands of Social
Security’s opponents: Shame on you!
Those who receive Social Security benefits do so as part of
an “earned right” which is accrued as
a result of contributions to the Social Security trust fund. Social Security is
a social insurance program in which participants assume shared risks for the
common good of providing retirement insurance, disability insurance and
survivors insurance to all who qualify.
One of America ’s
biggest private industries is the insurance industry. Many of us pay hefty
annual car insurance premiums and homeowners insurance premiums and never ever
collect a penny in return. When a car is totaled or house decimated and the
policy holder collects, do we picket the policy holder with signs protesting
their “entitlement?”
No, we do not.
Unless fraud is involved, those who receive Social Security
deserve to be able to live and be treated with dignity and respect which is a
big reason why the Social Security program currently exists.
Social Security has never contributed even a penny to the
federal deficit. On the other hand corporate subsidies, weapons development, wars,
and Congressional actions, salaries, and perks certainly have played a role in
the nation’s so-called budgetary woes.
Senator Elizabeth Warren recently addressed this issue and
it is worthwhile reading what she had to say: www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/12/elizabeth-warren-destroys-bloomberg-hosts-on-social-security-entitlements-crisis.
In summary, Social Security is an “earned right” which is part of a very successful social insurance
program and is NOT an “entitlement”
program.
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