The Koran has quite a lot to say about inheritance, and Islam's various legal schools go into even greater detail, even spelling out the minor entitlements which can be claimed by certain distant relatives.
An investigation into the personal finances of Charles J. Haughey, who served three terms as prime minister from 1979 to 1992, concluded that he received more than $15 million in secret payments from rich businesspeople and "lived a lifestyle and incurred expenditures vastly beyond the scale of the public service entitlements which were his sole apparent income".
In his response, the president actually referred to "entitlements," which the Republicans -- who love that word by the way -- are going to have to "confront in a serious way".
But in deciding to wade into the fight over entitlements, which he may address in a speech Wednesday afternoon, the president is signaling that he too believes Medicare must change to avert a potentially crippling fiscal crunch.
This demographic shift will result in an explosion in the cost of entitlements, which will crush our children's chances of continuing to enjoy robust economic growth and prosperity.
A large set of problems are found in the current U.S. entitlements which are growing rapidly as millions of "baby boomers retire".
In Germany, the Federal Vacation Law (Bundesurlaubsgesetz) establishes entitlements which are consistent with the Directive.
An external candidate with strong ties to business or Congress would do a lot more to build confidence.Another problem is how to ensure in advance that rewriting the tax code and entitlements, which could easily take a year, produces the promised deficit reduction.
We're always told how courageous it is to even bring up the idea of touching "entitlements," which is odd, given that both parties do it all the time.
So, inspired by this finding, we're inviting a panel of experts to help you understand the range of rights and entitlements which come into play at work.
One option is the SAVE program (Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements) which states currently use to make sure that undocumented immigrants don't participate in safety-net programs for which they are ineligible.
