Fiscal Cliff Talks: Wheels Closer To Coming Off Deal Bus
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
IT IS NOT A ENTITLEMENT IT IS BOUGHT AND PAID FOR
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That's why it's an entitlement -- It's been bought and paid for.
That's what 'entitlement' means.
But the only thing that Republicans could do with the word, with the concept of 'entitlement', was to try to change people's attitude about the word itself, conflate it with a common parlance of the word used to describe people who are 'putting on airs' -- "Look at her, all high and mighty, as if she were entitled."
The first step is recognizing the tricks of the trade (political pin, weasel-speak, and Democrats do it, too), and reclaiming the language.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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