entitlements

1. Federal programs, such as Social Security (see also Social Security), Medicare (see also Medicare) and Medicaid, that disburse money according to fixed formulas to citizens who fall into designated categories. Because entitlements do not require annual congressional appropriations, their cost tends to rise steadily and, in the view of some, out of control.

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Who doubts that Democrats will seek to sock Americans with higher tax bills to pay for their entitlements?

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Across much of the country’s media spectrum, prominent pundits had long been hammering away at “entitlements,” indignantly claiming that welfare recipients, disproportionately people of color, were sponging off government largesse.

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European prosecutors say the suspects, most of whom appear to have no actual connection to farming, "allegedly inflated livestock numbers to increase their subsidy entitlements".

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“The real challenge for these is getting local land use entitlements,” Condon said.

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This includes help in signing up for bursaries or other programmes to obtain full funding entitlements, and supporting career development.

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