I also have a problem with the word entitlement for another reason, because people who have set aside savings for their entire life as a guarantee for retirement income security, as well as healthcare security, should not be stigmatized by it as though they are receiving something that was not their due.
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Fortenberry criticizes the term 'entitlement' and its stigma.
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