Whats' right is right

I never liked safety net.

And entitlement is worse. An entitlement, a concept in law, is a right granted by statute or contract. Of course, right wing polemicists can give a negative spin to any word -- look what they've done to liberal" and socialist -- but by sounding privileged, entitlement makes their job particularly easy.

A better word is sitting in front of us: Right.

Let's drop entitlement. From now on, it's right all the way.

Right to Medicare. Right to Social Security. Right to unemployment insurance. Because underneath the rhetoric, it is the deeper sense of right that is really being addressed. Right as opposed to wrong. The right to a dignified old age. The right to medical care. The right to a roof over your head and a sufficiency of food on the table.

So no more entitlements.

It's rights from now on.