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by gnaritas 3700 days ago
> Can someone please explain why people call Social Security an entitlement? Am I missing something?

Because it is. What you're missing is what the word entitlement means. They paid into the system, they are entitled to get those checks, i.e. they have a right to it. Calling it an entitlement is not an insult.