[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

I would like to know where the word ‘entitlements’ came from. They used to be called ‘welfare’ but then the communists in government came up with the catch-word, ‘entitlements’.

Are free food stamps, free housing, cell-phones entitlements, for example?

[cherry]

SS/Medicare are not welfare.....they are entitlements in that they have been paid for....much like one pays for an annuity or life insurance....you pay in ...its a contract whether our govt elite cheats want to admit it or not......

[Terabitten]

I would like to know where the word ‘entitlements’ came from. They used to be called ‘welfare’ but then the communists in government came up with the catch-word, ‘entitlements’. It comes from the way the laws are worded. "Any person who, having reached age 62 blah blah blah, shall be entitled..."