▲ 1059 ▼ 71% of Americans say the US should spend more on "assistance to the poor". But if you use the word "welfare" that number drops to 30% (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world 143 comments fedilink hide all child comments Words matter. Always use simple direct language. Help the poor Healthcare for everyone Good treatment at work. Don't use complex words.
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) yup, including entitlements, Woke,,,,etc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago* Entitlements is a weird one. A person who wrongly believes they are entitled to money/power/respect is "entitled" in a derogatory sense. A person who has paid into the Social Security and Medicare programs for three or four decades is truly, genuinely, entitled to the payout of those programs. And Republicans believing entitlement programs are bad, when so many of them are dependent on these programs to maintain a basic standard of living, is an astounding level of doublethink. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago* Entitlements is a weird one. A person who wrongly believes they are entitled to money/power/respect is "entitled" in a derogatory sense. A person who has paid into the Social Security and Medicare programs for three or four decades is truly, genuinely, entitled to the payout of those programs. And Republicans believing entitlement programs are bad, when so many of them are dependent on these programs to maintain a basic standard of living, is an astounding level of doublethink. permalink fedilink source parent