Chuck Grassley gets called out at a town hall…
" Stop the use of the word entitlement because it's insulting to all of us." 🔥
#HandsOffMySocialSecurity
" Stop the use of the word entitlement because it's insulting to all of us." 🔥
#HandsOffMySocialSecurity
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At the very least, it pays my rent & electric bill.
An entitlement is different from “a sense of entitlement”, which really means the belief you deserve something you have no right to.
Grassley is a dottering old fool. How can a state not do better? He doesn't need re-election, he needs to be dropped off at the home.
Words matter!! We've been getting sliced & diced by the maga strategic & coordinated childish words-designed-to-insult!
It seems silly, but it's highly effective.
Thank you. Thank you.
We paid for these “benefits”
They belong to us!!!
That's my money I paid into.
Employer matches as part of MY WAGES. So it's ALL my money I allow the government to use. Until I need for my retirement. I am entitled to receive it!
Hurt NOBODY!
#Trump, #Musk, and #MAGAGOP *ARE* Coming For EVERYBODY'S
- Jobs!
- Savings Accounts!
- #SocialSecurity!
- Pension Plans!
- #Medicare!
- #Medicaid!
- Disaster Help!
- Health!
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Social Security is like a low rate of return conservative annuity I have been building for 52 years.
So frustrating.
An entitlement means you have a right to something.
A benefit is something provided by government.
Words do matter, but only used correctly.
They will take away everything you have in order to make you beg for their money in return for anything they choose.
because
It’s our money! 💰
And jeez. Grassley of all people doesn’t walk off. He listens. He’s there. Grassley. 🤦🏻
Also congressional pensions work the same way as the pensions of ordinary federal employees. Social security, FERS , and the TSP (like a 401k)
It's an entitlement because, according to the law, everyone that meets the requirements gets the benefit regardless of how much Congress has appropriated and regardless of how much they have "paid into" the system.
It is a fantastic welfare program that we should celebrate.
The only reason people object now is because the Right has told you it's a bad word, to make it easier to cut later
Then I remembered NewSpeak.
Yes.
Try also "PURCHASED BENEFIT"
If they cancel the whole program, they should at least have to review what each individual paid into the program, total, and refund them that principal amount, at least.
Finally. Someone has put into words EXACTLY what needs to be said. Social Security IS NOT an entitlement. Most of us have paid into it since 15/16 years old. 45 to 50 years.
IT’S OUR FUCKING MONEY.
“Tax cuts for the 1%”
And They still get reelected
NewSpeak.
Terrifying how much of this shit is being repeated.
Such as the term "earned benefits", as they say in this video.
Or as a farmer receiving taxpayer bailouts & stimulus money to keep Iowa farms afloat year in & year out. Especially after the policies of HIS Republican party forces the country into recessions when given the chance.
Weird, since it actually means what you DO have a right to.
#dnc #DemocraticParty
I’m looking at you
Thank you.😎🎶
#dueprocess
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Scheme”. This should be the line in the sand.
Otherwise, go fuck yourself.
Also, social security is an insurance policy. You can get benefits if you lose the ability to earn (disability), if the worker you depend on dies (survivors), or if you are a non-working spouse. (Even as an ex-spouse)
And to pursue happiness. We are not entitled to hurt others nor to ignore our obligations. We are entitled to a president and Congress that fulfill their oaths and protect the rights to which we are entitled.
Thank you.😎🎶
#dueprocess
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We earned them, we paid for them, and we are entitled to them. They need to be managed carefully.
Get it going viral #Resist
Medicare is insurance. Unhealthy people may receive far more in “benefits” than a healthy person, even if they pay in far less.
This is the problem demographic America. Not black and brown ppl, muslims, lgbtq, etc.