Sentence examples similar to long entitlements from inspiring English sources

Previous NSW premiers were entitled to life-long entitlements such as office space, air travel and use of state cars but O'Farrell reformed the rule two years ago reducing entitlements to 12 months after a premier leaves office and only when they have served for five years.

But with a debt that now approaches 70 percent of total economic output, such long established entitlements have come under attack as never before.

Mr. Trump has promised not to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid because he'll "make us so rich" we won't have to — not an encouraging message for a conservative establishment that has long sought entitlement reform.

As long as entitlement spending and tax collections continue on their present course, it's an undeniable truth.

Is it any wonder we can't figure out how to pay for long-standing "entitlements"?

In societies where governments have made a social compact to provide a broad range of long-term entitlements, this spells looming disaster.

It's pretty clear that Gergen represents the emerging consensus on the fiscal cliff, which is that it will be deemed reasonable by the Beltway flame-keepers to raise rates on the rich as long as entitlement cuts are also on the table.

It should focus on long-term entitlement reform rather than short-term cuts.

It is important for us to deal with our long-term entitlement spending.

But long-run entitlement spending is not the reason why the federal deficit rose 17percentt last year.

But long-run entitlement spending growth is not the reason the federal deficit spiked 17percentt last year.