It is as if professional football believes it exists in a bubble of entitlement, along with MPs.
Robert Nozick (1974) argued that a theory of historical entitlement, along Lockean lines, provides both a complete justification of the institution and a set of strict criteria that govern its legitimate distribution.
If we, as a nation, decide that we want to achieve fiscal sustainability and preserve the entitlement programs, along with government's other critical functions, it is well within our means to do so.
"Big policy changes don't come along very often, and when they do come along, especially when dealing with entitlement programs, you need a kind of civic propulsion to drive them through," he said.
On January 3, economist Chris Hart wrote on Twitter that "more than 25 years after apartheid ended, the victims are increasing along with a sense of entitlement and hatred towards minorities".
It is conceivable, if unlikely, that a deal could be struck to replace the current across-the-board spending reductions under sequestration with some additional revenue, along with cuts to entitlements.
Members, serene with the self-confidence of entitlement, cheerfully rub along.
I asked her, for instance, whether she was in favor of reforming entitlement programs that, along with military outlays, represent the principal forces driving spending levels ever higher.
Their sense of entitlement as consumers, along with an inability to let go, leads some parents to want to manage all aspects of their children's college lives -- from the quest for admission to their choice of major.
Corker's blueprint includes a move to lower federal tax deductions for "very high-income Americans," along with "fundamental reforms to entitlements".
