<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span>Definition of "entitlement: </span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; ">An </span><b style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; ">entitlement</b><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; "> is a guarantee of access to </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare" title="Welfare" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; ">benefits</a><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; "> based on established </span><a
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face="sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">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.</span></font></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "> </div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Ron Force<br>Moscow Idaho USA<br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Ron Force <rforce2003@yahoo.com>; Moscow Vision2020
<vision2020@moscow.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, September 18, 2012 5:44 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] More than you wanted to know about the 47%<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv1947711966"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><div style=""><span style="">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.</span></div>
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<div style=""><span style="">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 <span style="" id="yiv1947711966misspell-0"><span style="">conservative</span></span> or free market capitalist, you are just a monumental selfish jackass. <var id="yiv1947711966yui-ie-cursor"></var></span></div>
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<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;">From:</span></b> Ron Force <rforce2003@yahoo.com><br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;">To:</span></b> Moscow Vision2020 <vision2020@moscow.com> <br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, September 18, 2012 4:55 PM<br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] More than you wanted to know about the 47%<br></font></div><br>
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<div><span style="FONT-STYLE:italic;"><span style="line-height: 22px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; ">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.</span> <span></span></span></div>
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