>I don't receive any handouts and don't want any. Over the course of my working career I have paid way more than the average person in income taxes, social security, and the Medicare/Medicaid fund. If Marcia thinks she has been carrying me on her back she is quite mistaken.
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>Over the course of my working career I have paid way more than the average person in income taxes, social security, and the Medicare/Medicaid fund. During this recession, I have been unable to pay myself a salary since last March, but I am not collecting any unemployment benefits - nor have I ever done so. Can you say the same thing?
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>Go look up "entitlement" in the dictionary...

Yes, I can say the same thing. I quit the last employed job I had so I am not even eligible.

Maybe you should look up entitlement in the dictionary if you fling it around so indiscriminately.