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    The Wall Street Journal‏Verified account @WSJ Feb 22

    Opinion: Entitlements are driving deficits and debt. Absent reform, the problem will soon become a crisis, writes John F. Coganhttp://on.wsj.com/2GCOOmJ 

    8:12 AM - 22 Feb 2018
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      1. Jessica Josephson‏ @jjj5819 Feb 22
        Replying to @WSJ

        They are not "Entitlements". They are EARNED BENEFITS. Stop using language that skews the debate in favor of right-wing conservatives. This is not right. @washingtonpost @nytimes @BostonGlobe @baltimoresun

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      2. Donald Smith‏ @donsmith64 Feb 22
        Replying to @WSJ

        Replace the word “entitlements “ with tax cuts for those that don’t need them” to make a more accurate assessment.

        2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
      3. William Paugh‏ @SouthPaugh1 Feb 22
        Replying to @donsmith64 @WSJ

        Who do you think pays the lion's share of taxes in this country and provides all the jobs whose employees also pay taxes? Financially speaking it makes no sense to blame the payers for a debt while exonerating the payees.

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      4. Donald Smith‏ @donsmith64 Feb 22
        Replying to @SouthPaugh1 @WSJ

        I understand that it would be counterproductive to impoverish the rich to benefit the poor, but no one is suggesting that.

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      5. William Paugh‏ @SouthPaugh1 Feb 22
        Replying to @donsmith64 @WSJ

        And neither am I touting the eradication of entitlements. I suppose we must be measured for both policies. And in my opinion we are much more measured with taxing the rich than we are restraining entitlements. It is a widespread problem.

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      2. Raima‏ @RaimaVer Feb 22
        Replying to @WSJ

        No. It is tax cuts for the rich.

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      3. William Paugh‏ @SouthPaugh1 Feb 22
        Replying to @RaimaVer @WSJ

        Who do you think pays the lion's share of taxes in this country and provides all the jobs whose employees also pay taxes? Financially speaking it makes no sense to blame the payers for a debt while exonerating the payees.

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      4. Newton Owi‏ @owinewton Feb 22
        Replying to @SouthPaugh1 @RaimaVer @WSJ

        Cost of living in a country.

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      5. William Paugh‏ @SouthPaugh1 Feb 22
        Replying to @owinewton @RaimaVer @WSJ

        What is the cost of living in a country?

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      2. T‏ @diamondbus46 Feb 22
        Replying to @WSJ

        Really? What about the big tax give away? 🤔

        3 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
      3. GO4ITUSA‏ @GO4ITUSA Feb 22
        Replying to @diamondbus46 @WSJ

        That's NOTHING compared to entitlements and it's even odds that the tax cut will create more revenue than it costs. The biggest revenue hits will be up front. Entitlements are sucking the life out of our budget and it's getting worse by the minute

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      4. Newton Owi‏ @owinewton Feb 22
        Replying to @GO4ITUSA @diamondbus46 @WSJ

        The treasury is borrowing more because of drastic decline in tax revenue.

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      5. GO4ITUSA‏ @GO4ITUSA Feb 22
        Replying to @owinewton @diamondbus46 @WSJ

        Again, that was expected to be the case at beginning..but tax cuts spur growth and economic activity which increases tax revenue. Historically speaking, CBO estimates of that increase have been woefully short. And inflation is FINALLY pushing 2% which has long been the Fed's goal

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      6. Marty‏ @martytravels Feb 22
        Replying to @GO4ITUSA @owinewton and

        No they don’t, comrade. And those entitlements are entitlements because we pay into them! They’re earned benefits!

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      7. GO4ITUSA‏ @GO4ITUSA Feb 22
        Replying to @martytravels @owinewton and

        Sure we've paid into those "earned benefits" (those of us who actually work and pay taxes that is)...but we didn't pay in enough to sustain the gargantuan handouts to all of society and to constant stream of low wage immigrants and increased life expectancy. Something has to give

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      8. Newton Owi‏ @owinewton Feb 22
        Replying to @GO4ITUSA @martytravels and

        Immigrants create more wealth and jobs than they take.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      9. GO4ITUSA‏ @GO4ITUSA Feb 22
        Replying to @owinewton @martytravels and

        So long as it's legal immigration and somewhat controlled that's true... but you can't flood a first world country that has generous benefits with third world educated immigrants and expect that it won't be very disruptive. There are limits on what can be sustained

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      1. Peter A. Kelley‏ @alexanderkelley Feb 24
        Replying to @WSJ

        ‘Government financed retirement’??? Do you know how SSI works?

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      1. Lindsey McBride‏ @Lindsey_McBride Feb 22
        Replying to @WSJ

        Entitlements that go to the richest - like write offs for carried interest, planes, golf courses, developers. What a load WSJ.

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