> Can someone please explain why people call Social Security an entitlement? Am I missing something? Because it is. What you're missing is what the word entit

> Can someone please explain why people call Social Security an entitlement? Am I missing something? Because it is. What you're missing is what the word entitlement means. They paid into the system, they are entitled to get those checks, i.e. they have a right to it. Calling it an entitlement is not an insult.