[Vision2020] More than you wanted to know about the 47%

[Donovan Arnold]

I'm aware of the legal definition. I just don't agree with it because there is a difference to most people between something which is earned and given back later and something that is taken from one person who  earned it but it is given to someone else because the government legislates it. The money earned by veterans pensions and social security is someones money, the government just deducted it from their check and returns it back later. This is different than a tax cut, food stamps, and subsidized housing. I consider a tax cut an entitlement and government hand out because they are taking out their obligation to pay something they used and making future generations pay for it with interest. 
 
A reduction in income tax from 33% to 15% for the wealthiest of Americans is the same to me as giving someone a 55% tax cut entitlement. Further, the government spends more money on protection of the wealthiest and their property then they do the middle class. We are not in Iraq and Afghanistan to protect my 401K. We are there to protect the interests of much wealthier people. And we also endure the fallout of US military occupations of nations all over the world, not the wealthiest. 
 
Donovan J. Arnold

From: Ron Force <rforce2003 at yahoo.com>
To: Moscow Vision2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] More than you wanted to know about the 47%


Definition of "entitlement: An entitlement is a guarantee of access to benefits based on established rights or by legislation.

Under the Social Security Act, those who work a minimum number of quarters are guaranteed corresponding benefits. Only the conservatives and their echo machine could make "entitlement" a dirty word.

Ron Force
Moscow Idaho USA

From: Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
To: Ron Force <rforce2003 at yahoo.com>; Moscow Vision2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 5:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] More than you wanted to know about the 47%


I'm sorry, but I don't consider Social Security and compensation for veterans "federal entitlements". People worked hard for that, many even die before they get any of what they invested back. It is their money, not a hand out.
 
A hand out is when the government gives something to someone that didn't do work or invest something they produced to earn it. Entitlements should go to those that cannot work. And we should all be willing to give a little of what we have to those with the misfortune of not being able to work a job due to age or disability. If you aren't even willing to give just a little to those with a true disability or advanced age, you are still not able to call yourself a fiscal conservative or free market capitalist, you are just a monumental selfish jackass. 
 
Donovan J. Arnold 

From: Ron Force <rforce2003 at yahoo.com>
To: Moscow Vision2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 4:55 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] More than you wanted to know about the 47%


Below are a few facts — and charts — to consider. Mitt Romney is correct that about half of all Americans now live in a household that receives some sort of federal government benefit. And that number has risen during the Obama years. On the other hand, a large chunk of this money goes toward the elderly and disabled. And most entitlement benefits flow to the middle class—which, judging by polls, tends to split evenly between Obama and Romney. 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/09/18/who-receives-benefits-from-the-federal-government-in-six-charts/ 


Ron Force
Moscow Idaho USA
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