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That’s because the baby-boom generation is retiring, running up the cost of mandatory spending programs, such as Social Security and Medicare. Alone among Republican hopefuls, Trump has pledged not to touch entitlement spending.
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Now, social security is NOT an entitlement. It worked for it, paid into it and deserve the benefits.
Section 8 is entitlement. Welfare is entitlement. There are many more examples.
To cut entitlement means pi**ing off the “entitlement crowd”. That would start riots, in my opinion.
When you’ve received back from social security everything you’ve paid in, plus a reasonable rate of return, every dollar you get after that point is welfare.
Social Security is not an entitlement?
Sorry, you're mistaken. You weren't paying in to fund your personal Social Security benefits for all those years, you were paying into the system to pay for your parents' and grandparents' benefits. There was never an account with your name on it. Social Security is by definition an old age welfare program; it's a transfer program which taxes the young for the support of the old. When you retire, it will essentially be your progeny that is paying your freight.