I’ve been forced to pay into SS for 50 years. I’d hardly call it entitlement.
I don’t put the label on it. That’s how it’s classified by the government.
Are you entitled to a benefit? Just because you don’t like the English language doesn’t make everybody wrong. If it is a benefit you are entitled to claim or is it a benefit you are not entitled to claim? If not then it’s welfare other wise it’s a befit you are entitled to possess.