Sentence examples for smaller entitlements from inspiring English sources

In a study of 18 rich countries, the academics found that targetting benefits at the poorest usually generated resentment among those just above – and led to smaller entitlements.

With big entitlements off the table, the spending cuts Mr Boehner wants would have to come from discretionary spending, which includes defence, or smaller entitlements such as food stamps, federal-employee retirement benefits and farm subsidies.

Toss in a few smaller entitlement programs and you've covered all but one-sixth of federal outlays.

Of this relatively small entitlement, only 44 per cent of Americans said they will take all or almost all of their days off this year.

But I can also see an alternative scenario, where getting Democratic buy-in on (small) entitlement cuts now will make it easier to get Democratic buy-in on (much bigger) entitlement cuts tomorrow.

That category is smaller than entitlement programs as a share of the federal budget, is growing more slowly and yet covers the full range of government operations from education to warfare.

Arguably the worst change that will hit those with small state pension entitlements is a 50percentnt increase in the cost of buying extra years (to make up for any gaps in contribution records) from next April.

Smaller or larger entitlements.

And in the absence of this one symbol is left everything that it spoke to, and so much of what the modern Republican Party cynically invokes, having long since wedded its small government, zero-entitlement message to the Lost Cause rhetoric of anti-Washington posturing and anti-entitlement resentment and all the wrong folks who might cash those checks.

The entitlements are small compared to other needier municipalities.

Mr. Obama, in his most recent budget plan, had accepted $200 billion in sequester savings over eight years, and both sides appeared ready to leave in place small cuts to entitlement programs in the sequester legislation.