tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post5088781612823308828..comments2023-08-24T07:27:12.657-07:00Comments on Contra O'Reilly: On More Entitlements Being the Solution to Income Inequality Will "take no prisoners" Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-75459055779175450552015-06-18T09:50:40.937-07:002015-06-18T09:50:40.937-07:00I'm a fan of the EITC in that that money goes ...I'm a fan of the EITC in that that money goes directly to the poor. The rest of it, yeah, I would scale it back and most definitely means-test SS and Medicare.Will "take no prisoners" Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-39760563160406949782015-06-16T19:11:28.360-07:002015-06-16T19:11:28.360-07:00Entitlements are the wrong way to bring about &quo...Entitlements are the wrong way to bring about "income equality" (assuming this is even desired).<br /><br />For one, they are administered by the federal government, which forces compliance in them without accountability, under threat of violence. The government keeps what it wants, lets the entitlements trickle down. Ensuring a growing "income equality" between the authorities in control, and those who are ruled.<br /><br />Also, such entitlement programs as <a href="http://www.nber.org/digest/sep97/w6013.html" rel="nofollow">Medicare</a> and Social Security are shoveled out to the rich as well as poor. A big mistake, in my view. If these entitlements are supposed to reduce the gap between rich and poor, then for godsakes stop handing out money to the rich through them.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.com