Pay-for-performance plans, he said, "avoid the entitlement mentality that exists with holiday rewards".
The National Republican Congressional Committee has warned all its candidates that whenever the subject comes up, they are to avoid mentioning "entitlement reform," or "privatization," or "every option is on the table".
That's doable while avoiding the entitlement-excess that sent France into its protracted doze.
It is unconscionable that anybody would rip money out of a company to avoid paying employee entitlements.
The TUC also said that at least part of the increase in self-employment was driven by people unable to find employee jobs or those forced into false self-employment by companies seeking to evade taxes and avoid paying out entitlements such as holiday pay, sick pay and pensions.
Plus, like most Republicans, Romney will probably ultimately bow to political realities and avoid messing with entitlements.
Revealing her decision to step down last week, she said it was "essential to ensure fresh thinking and avoid a sense of entitlement within the leadership".
Republican leaders have not previously embraced Mr. Ryan's proposals on Medicare and Social Security, but Mr. Boehner said he had tired of watching Congress avoid difficult decisions on entitlement programs.
Romney grasped the toughest issue — how to reform entitlements to avoid a fiscal catastrophe — and he sketched out a sophisticated way to address it.
Our country cannot afford to avoid a serious conversation on entitlement reform.
