Unfortunately the word entitlements has been distorted it actually means something to which you are rightfully entitled so social security, which people have paid into for their entire working lifetime, is maybe the only thing that SHOULD be called an entitlement! No one is rightfully entitled to food stamps etc.
Thought-provoking language question.
“Entitlement” now means “entitled just by being alive.”
It should be the programs that we’ve paid into that we should be considered entitled to.