Sentence examples for entitlements it from inspiring English sources

And, as Senator Packwood told me, while it is still possible that the Senate Finance Committee (with eleven Democrats and nine Republicans) might find enough votes to pass something that resembled the Clinton plan — with an employer mandate, premium caps, some form of alliances, plus entitlements — "it simply couldn't pass on the floor of the Senate".

The government has already removed subsidies on domestic gasoline and is being forced to reduce some of the lavish entitlements it has bestowed upon its citizens for decades.

Whenever a society adopts racial entitlements, it is very difficult to get out of them through the normal political processes.

"But even if they had won some sort of a victory where they got the current tax rates written in stone, spending is on such an unsustainable path in terms of entitlements, it really isn't certain at all".

Such continuing debates reflect a basic political paradox when it comes to giant social programs: generally speaking, Americans resist the concept of a more activist government, even as they eventually come to embrace the entitlements it provides them.

(Scalia had explained that Congress voted the way it did "Whenever a society adopts racial entitlements, it is very difficult to get out of them through the normal political processes").

"If India builds projects to store water from its entitlement, it will provide a means for India to control water flow to Pakistan, even temporarily".

If anyone knows about easy gratification and entitlement, it's our Bozza.

If the integrity of the franchise is an entitlement, it's a common one, and not a racial one.

Then again, given that this is the age of executive entitlement, it may come as no surprise at all.

Their report on the concept states that "leadership is not an entitlement; it has to be earned and sustained.