Why ‘entitlement’ programs aren’t really entitlements
I fully agree with Jim Huffman of Lewis and Clark Law school that the ‘entitlements’ of Social Security and Medicare are not, in any moral sense, entitlements. That does not…
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Marc Andreessen: For Most of Us, It Will Get Worse
…of “entitlement” is a dangerous one, especially when the society does not have enough resources to pay off the “entitlements”. But a lot has been written about that, and I…
Observations on California’s Political Geography
…entitlement and can be cut if circumstances require. I also insist that Social Security and Medicare, and other middle class social programs, are as much ‘welfare’ as programs for the…
Does Justice Equal Entitlement: A Book Review
…the wages [a juridical entitlement] of sin is death, but the gift [by definition not an entitlement] of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.” Keller rightly reasons…
The Passive Aggressive Public
…unproductive and dysfunctional. The unions and the middle class entitlement advocates will continue to get what they want, whereas infrastructure and investment in capital improvements for roads, schools, etc., and…
Now That Health Care Has Passed
…that includes Medicare and Social Security) is a moral entitlement. The nearest thing we have to entitlements are property rights. When there is a potentially infinite demand for a finite…
My Long Awaited Healthcare Post (In the Form of a Book Notice)
…I just don’t believe that government welfare is a moral and ethical entitlement that can never be reduced or altered despite the fiscal needs of the state. And, Social Security…
The Heart vs. The Gut
…However, I have gotten over my sense of “entitlement,” also an attitude of the heart, and do not rage when I find few alternatives left after parsing the salad menu….