The basic facts on the regressivity of federal payroll taxes are generally known, but Edsall brings them into sharper relief: The Medicare and Social Security taxes are jointly known as FICA (for ...

We’ve all met people who have a sense of entitlement. Maybe it’s that person who tried to cut in front of you at the coffee shop. Perhaps it was someone who demanded to be seated before you at a busy ...

The word entitlement is all over the place in Washington these days. It pops up 11 times in the House Republican’s budget plan, as the document outlines an approach to “fix our entitlements,” and ...

I agree with Malcolm Berko (“Social Security not entitlement; you earned it,” April 6) that prosperous, altruistic retirees should feel no remorse about accepting Social Security. But unlike Berko, I ...

The word “entitlement” simply means having a right to something. Rights are a social construct based on law and accepted norms of morality. Rights are always limited by the responsibility to respect ...

The definition of entitlement is an individual believing something is owed to them by others or even just life. In my opinion, our society has raised a generation of individuals who feel entitled.

The fact that many don’t consider Social Security and Medicare as entitlement but rather as life and death issues speaks volumes for what the American people see as necessities of life. It drives me ...