[LostInBayport]

Kudos to Huckabee on Social Security. Although he described it as an "earned benefit", which is a bit wrong. It is earnings which were confiscated under penalty of fines and imprisonment.

[EternalVigilance]

All Republican presidential candidates are required to be New Deal Dems these days, you know.

[SMM48]

When I was re-financing a house a few years ago, the bank asked for my SS Award Letter. I asked what was that? They explained. Sure enough, in the original letter it says you have been “awarded” the following SS benefits. So, up front, the government acts like they are giving you something. I don’t look at it as an award.