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glippy: If you pay into ss for lots of years and then apply for it, no matter how much you make, how can you call it an entitlement? If you buy mutual funds for years and then when you retire you decide to cash them in, would that to be an entitlement?
Don't want to get into an argument on this.... but not the same...
SS money was not set aside for you... it was spent... you got a 'promise' that they would tax someone else when it came your turn to get checks...
Buying mutual funds means there is money invested in your name... there is a cash value to it... nobody else has to pony up money for you to withdrawl yours...
So, in a way SS is an entitlement in that it depends on someone else paying for your check....
HEY>>>>> decided to check out the definition of entitlement and low and behold... look at the red (I did the color)... so dictionary.com has SS in the definition!!!
en·ti·tle·ment
http://app.dictionary.com/signup/po...lbackAction=addToFav&domaindest=reference.com/ɛnˈtaɪ
–noun 1. the act of entitling.
2. the state of being entitled.
3. the right to guaranteed benefits under a government program, as Social Security or unemployment compensation.