He said in three years of administering vocational education the government "had an opportunity to turn off the tap... and stamp out the rorts but have done little other than freeze [vocational education training] entitlements".
"If the voters can't rely on us to stand up to the runaway train of entitlements and deficits and federal debt, what can they count on us for?" said David Kochel, a Republican consultant in Iowa.
The job pays £20,228.16 a year for 39 hours a week, the equivalent of just under £10 an hour, as well as "company pension, generous holiday entitlement, training and development".
In addition, continuous training is an entitlement for all healthcare professionals and, as such, should not be considered an award.
The national focus is on health care, but soon we're going to have to face up to the oncoming entitlement train wreck.
The UNICEF – UNHCR programme will cover salaries, other entitlements and training costs for the additional teachers.
Macedo reminds us that a train of legal entitlements - hospital visitation rights, decision-making authority in the event of incapacitation, and the right to jointly own property - accompany same-sex marriage.
Such policies could marginally reduce inequality, but they do nothing to boost underlying growth.A better bet would be free trade, tax reform, more money for infrastructure and training and an overhaul of entitlements such as disability insurance.
Train to Gain (the level 2 entitlement), skills academies and the new diplomas are important, indeed revolutionary, advances.
Calling the state's entitlement system "a runaway train," he has proposed contentious changes, including some of the most drastic Medicaid cuts in the nation.
