Meanwhile, a permanent fix evaded lawmakers who have mostly used entitlement reform to score political points.
Besides Medicare, he said he would delve into other questions, including: "How to use entitlements correctly; how to pay off the debt more quickly in order to reduce interest rates and promote more economic growth; and how to make the investments that are needed in top priorities like education, to get people access to the skills they need".
They prefer, instead, to speak of the "culture of dependence" or people who use "entitlements" (Marc A. Thiessen has a good example of this over at the Washington Post today, for reference, complete with reverent Ronald Reagan genuflections).
WASHINGTON — President Obama will unveil a plan on Monday that uses entitlement cuts, tax increases and war savings to reduce the federal deficit by more than $3 trillion over the next 10 years, administration officials said.
WASHINGTON -- President Obama will unveil a deficit-reduction plan on Monday that uses entitlement cuts, tax increases and war savings to reduce government spending by more than $3 trillion over the next 10 years, administration officials said.
I fear that Gen X-and-above use "entitlement" as code for something far darker when describing Gen Y, which is why I refuse to use the word.
"The Labor party until 2014 were making payments directly to the Labor party for this, using taxpayer entitlements".
"This involves using contractual entitlements to information, audit and inspection to ensure standards are being met.
Our additional analysis found the 88-96% of UCS members actually used UC services; the poorest quintile had higher rate of using their entitlements, 70-80% for OP visit and 90-95% for admission, while the among the richest counterparts, 40-60% of them used OP entitlement, 45-80% used IP entitlement [ 12].
I doubt that Sir Paul uses his entitlement to a free bus pass – but, even if he did, he pays for it many, many times over in high taxes.
