What is the government required to provide and what is simply an entitlement?

Anonymous2008-11-05T17:18:40Z

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the government is to provide only protection from foreign and internal attack and to provide safe and fair trade as the federal government.

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Anonymous2008-11-05T17:09:57Z

That's what an entitlement is. It's a government provided service. It can be legislated away without any constitutional considerations. For example, the government can abolish social security if they wanted to.

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