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To all journalists, writers both conservative and liberal, and political columnists of every ilk: Stop referring to Social Security and Medicare as entitlements. You are collecting those services because you paid, or are paying for them during your working life. The tendency is to lump them in with welfare and other free things the benevolent gang in Washington, D.C., doles out.
Can you see a bank, from its kindly concern, stocking your savings account with their funds and reminding you of their compassion to help you. Social Security/Medicare is your lifelong savings account and when you retire you start withdrawing your money. Certainly, the government charges fees to store your money, just as banks do.
Joseph F. Hryn
Fresno
