Community Chat

[IamMrsG]

segrl21 wrote: To believe you don't you aren't having any help form the government is false and honestly you're just not seeing seeing it in your everyday life but assure you, you benefit from it:

• a government funded highway
• local hospitals
• a government funded school
• a grant while you were in college

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 Each "benefit" you've cited has been paid for by those who toil to pay taxes, known as YOUR TAXES AT WORK, and are not government benefactions.  

[Lila Belle]

They would not be built or funded if not for the government.

If the government didn't fund it who would build those things that benefit us all?

[SydneyH]

It's time for deep cuts and time limits imo.  The budget for this program is out of control.

[IamMrsG]

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@MaggieMack wrote:

Most have paid into Social Security their whole working lives, and Medicare, too, through employee and employer contributions. These are "entitlements" because people have paid into the programs and are "entitled" to draw out what they have contributed.

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I consider them debts -- the government's debt to me.  They owe me the money they withdrew from my earned salary, with no interest paid, over the course of a lifetime.  These are funds I could have managed myself and would likely be better off for having done it.

[Lila Belle]

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@IamMrsG wrote:

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@MaggieMack wrote:

Most have paid into Social Security their whole working lives, and Medicare, too, through employee and employer contributions. These are "entitlements" because people have paid into the programs and are "entitled" to draw out what they have contributed.

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I consider them debts -- the government's debt to me.  They owe me the money they withdrew from my earned salary, with no interest paid, over the course of a lifetime.  These are funds I could have managed myself and would likely be better off for having done it.

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You can always refuse to collect it and advise your kids to do the same. Or, vote and support the party who really wants to do away with all entitlements.

[JustJazzmom]

I hope no one writing on this thread ever has to rely on Food Stamps or SNAP programs in the future.

[RoughDraft]

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@Lila Belle wrote:

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@IamMrsG wrote:

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@MaggieMack wrote:

Most have paid into Social Security their whole working lives, and Medicare, too, through employee and employer contributions. These are "entitlements" because people have paid into the programs and are "entitled" to draw out what they have contributed.

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I consider them debts -- the government's debt to me.  They owe me the money they withdrew from my earned salary, with no interest paid, over the course of a lifetime.  These are funds I could have managed myself and would likely be better off for having done it.

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You can always refuse to collect it and advise your kids to do the same. Or, vote and support the party who really wants to do away with all entitlements.

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Most people collecting SS benefits will collect one-third more than they paid into the system in their lifetimes.  Therefore, most of us fortunate enough to live long enough are sponging off the rest of society.  Look it up in Politifact.

[occasionalrain]

Caps have no affect on the teenaged mothers who drop out of school and onto those who go to work, pay taxes, and live the lifestyle the can afford on what is left of the money they earned.

[IamMrsG]

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@SydneyH wrote:

It's time for deep cuts and time limits imo.  The budget for this program is out of control.

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Absolutely!  Detritus abounds.