The fact that many don’t consider Social Security and Medicare as entitlement but rather as life and death issues speaks volumes for what the American people see as necessities of life. It drives me ...

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The editorial cartoon featured in Friday's Plain Dealer was thought provoking: a "Letter of Intent" from "Nation of Achievement" addressed to "Nation of Entitlement." Interestingly, "entitlement" can ...

The word entitlement is all over the place in Washington these days. It pops up 11 times in the House Republican’s budget plan, as the document outlines an approach to “fix our entitlements,” and ...

I agree with Malcolm Berko (“Social Security not entitlement; you earned it,” April 6) that prosperous, altruistic retirees should feel no remorse about accepting Social Security. But unlike Berko, I ...

Social Security Administration benefits and Medicare, which people receive after they retire, are not “entitlements,” because retirees have paid for them during their working years. It is not welfare, ...