<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">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 <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-0><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">someones</SPAN></SPAN> money, the government just deducted it from their check and returns it back later. This is different than a tax cut, food stamps, and <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-0><SPAN>subsidized</SPAN></SPAN> housing. I consider a tax cut an <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-1><SPAN>entitlement</SPAN></SPAN> and government hand
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<div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 16px; RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">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 <SPAN id=misspell-0>property then </SPAN>they do the middle class. We are not in Iraq and <SPAN id=misspell-1><SPAN>Afghanistan</SPAN></SPAN> 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. </SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN>Definition of "entitlement: </SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px">An </SPAN><B style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px">entitlement</B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px"> is a guarantee of access to </SPAN><A style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(11,0,128); FONT-SIZE: 13px; TEXT-DECORATION: none" title=Welfare href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare" rel=nofollow target=_blank>benefits</A><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px"> based on established </SPAN><A style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(11,0,128); FONT-SIZE: 13px; TEXT-DECORATION: none" title=Rights href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rights"
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"><SPAN><FONT size=2 face=sans-serif><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px">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>
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<DIV><SPAN>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><SPAN>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 id=yiv1770928773misspell-0><SPAN>conservative</SPAN></SPAN> or free market capitalist, you are just a monumental selfish jackass. <VAR id=yiv1770928773yui-ie-cursor></VAR></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial><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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