"Shortage of budget affects us in the sense that … we cannot pay entitlements to our staff, for instance we have not been able to pay on-call allowances and working overtime for about six months which is very de-moralizing".
For instance, it is clear that everyone agrees that entitlements require genuine attention, debate and action.
A lot can change between now and then; for instance, we could have a recession, or entitlement costs could be higher, or revenues lower.
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.
Different definitions can lead to different classifications and, in terms of program funding for instance, may alter a community or individual's entitlement eligibility.
For instance, the bill would still change Medicaid from an entitlement with no budget limitation to specific payments made to states.
For instance, think of the raging debates we are now having about entitlements in light of a rapidly aging population.
Investment in roads and education, for instance, ought not to be lumped in with costly and unreformed entitlements, like Social Security and Medicare.
They note the ways in which these have deep implications for sexual and reproductive entitlements within the society; the much stronger emphasis on social rather than biological parenthood, for instance, creating different dynamics around reproductive choices [ 26].
For instance, that's why the Right loves to call Social Security an "entitlement".
