As a veteran, who's 20+ years of service spanned a war in a shithole country (Vietnam), and numerous stints in parts of the world that I could have done without ... I personally resent Congress considering my retirement benefits as an entitlement. I earned every single penny of the money that I draw. I put my life on the line more times than I can count or really wish to remember .. and some pissant who has done no more than brave the traffic to and from an 8 to 5 job, gets to retire after a 20 year job and ends up making double what I do .. plus, he and his family have an almost complete medical coverage. Remember, this is just an average Joe Schmoe citizen and NOT a government worker or one of our legislators - their retirement pay and benefits are obscene.
I don't see the equality that I spent my life protecting .. matter of fact, since the Republicans have become the majority party, I have seen even those benefits be eroded at an alarming rate.
Where will it end??? Your guess is as good as mine. All I know, is the fact that my retirement (along with my Social Security), is buying less today that it was just one short year ago.
Marching on Washington and undertaking an armed revolution comes to mind .. however, I would be happy with a "voter revolution" instead. Let's kick the bums out of office and replace them with some retirees who place value on human life instead of on institutional power. [And they don't even have to be military retirees].