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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (68128)	4/24/2018 6:50:33 AM
From: Lane3	1 Recommendation of 362509

You seem to be completely hung up on the word entitlement. It's not a hang-up. In discussions about the federal budget, Tim reliably uses the word as the term of art that it is. An entitlement program is one that is not budgeted by total dollar amount but loosely recognizing the then end cost will vary by the number of beneficiaries who turn up to claim their "entitlement" benefit, which is a legal right. In common parlance, an entitlement is something that is fairly claimed, as in being entitled to courteous treatment by service people. since you seem to think they should not get an "entitlement"? If you read his use of the term as common parlance, you will misunderstand him. What may be in common parlance an entitlement, what one thinks is fairly claimed, is not necessarily an entitlement in the federal budget. One can have an issue with entitlement™<g> as a budgeting mechanism without necessarily begrudging anyone what you consider to be a fair claim. The problem with entitlement programs is that they can't be budgeted because you never know how many claims will be made. For fiscal conservatives, this obviously and understandably presents a problem.

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