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Social Security is not an entitlement

I read an article about President Trump’s budget. In it, Social Security was named an “entitlement.” I hear that too much – it is not an entitlement! I paid in to it and it is not a gift from the government. Maybe because it has been mishandled, they now consider it an entitlement.

Vicki Landgren, Fresno

This story was originally published March 21, 2017 at 12:00 PM with the headline "Social Security is not an entitlement."

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