In addition, Gen-Yers were twice as likely to rank in the top 20percentnt in their level of entitlement — the "highly entitled range" — as someone between 40 and 60, and four times more likely than a pensioner.
This bespeaks a horrible level of entitlement.
(As Obama mentioned on The Tonight Show, the AIG executives exhibited a level of entitlement that no one in his administration had foreseen).
"Unless you put in a place a long-term fiscal framework, you're not going to be able to defend a level of entitlement benefits that this president would like to be able to support," Geithner said.
Republicans, who agreed that there was a potential framework a week ago, counter that the deal was spoiled by Democrats, who refused to lock in the level of entitlement savings or tax changes they would accept, and began to demand more revenues to match any substantive entitlement changes.
But they probably have the elements that have been part of just about every recent bipartisan debt proposal: some sort of tax reform that lowers overall rates while raising revenue by closing loopholes; cuts in the level of entitlement spending without much fundamental reform; a freeze on domestic discretionary spending.
* At the end of that period prisoners who "do not co-operate with the regime or engage in rehabilitation" will move onto a "basic level" of entitlement and will not be given in cell televisions or regular access to the gym.
Housing Benefit and child nutrition programme participation respond most to increasing level of entitlement.
In any event, programme participation is liable to depend on the level of entitlement and it seems likely that this applies to both cash and in-kind transfers.
We compute eligibility and the level of entitlement from a very detailed routine that acknowledges all relevant features of the tax, welfare and social security contribution systems including in-kind transfers.
