Sentences with phrase «as an entitlement»

The majority of the remaining spending comes from federal retirement programs, but it is not clear whether those would count as entitlement programs or not.

Our country deserves a president humble enough to see leadership not as an entitlement but as a privilege.

Do you really expect them to take up something as important as entitlement reform?

Again, if it's taken too far it could be perceived as an entitlement attitude but I don't think that's the intent.

Worse, some students come to think of high grades as an entitlement — something they expect to be given without a great deal of effort.

If he is legally obligated to pay you support then I would consider that money as your entitlement and consider it as income.

What could governments do as entitlement (welfare) payments rise more rapidly than taxes?

«I want them to see education as a privilege, not as an entitlement,» she said.

Important rights and entitlements have been removed such as the entitlement to be taught by a qualified teacher, the entitlement to a broad and balanced curriculum and the entitlement to access educational experiences which promote opportunity and achievement and are not based on their parents» ability to pay.

Dr Canonico says: «This study provides a glimpse into a future where flexible working practices could become business as usual and seen as an entitlement by employees, especially among the younger generation.

A tendency to view locally generated funds as the entitlement of districts rather than the entitlement of the child, however, is a problem that afflicts both charter and private choice programs.

Nearly every Republican except Ohio governor John Kasich said they'd gut the health care law, as well as entitlements such as Social Security and Medicare.

Art and design as a subject on the curriculum, (with craft tacit rather than explicit within its content) is generally taken for granted as an entitlement for children and young people in formal education.

The dismantling of MFL as an entitlement in secondary education was a disastrous decision.

Egypt is now the world's leading wheat importer, and subsidized bread — for which the government doles out approximately $ 2 billion per year — is seen as an entitlement by the 60 percent or so of Egyptian families who depend on it.

Similarly, a divorced spouse is no longer a Sharia heir, as the entitlement depends on a valid Muslim marriage existing at the date of death.

Because of my own work these past few years with organizations and individuals who are in some form or fashion working to address inequality, I have come to understand that many of the initiatives that are often described as entitlements or preferential treatment are usually neither.

Can we really expect a fair shake from three representatives from states where the dependancy mindset is seen as an entitlement at birth?

A meritocratic mentality supplants the civic covenant as a rationale for wealth and power, and this way of thinking regards social rewards as an entitlement of the credentialed.

Niko was already the guy who won the starting job, a victory that Portis interpreted as entitlement and he responded with committing towards improvement decking his rival in practice.

Both Busch and Gronkowski are Monster Energy endorsers, and with the Daytona 500 representing the energy drink company's first race as entitlement sponsor for NASCAR's top division, the Cup Series, Monster executives brought the New England Patriots tight end to Daytona as part of its marketing activation.

Thus, some view Obamacare on a whole as a welfare scheme and the Medicaid expansion and subsidies for low - and moderate - income enrollees as an entitlement program that uses taxpayers» money to help people they consider undeserving.

As long as a culture in which obfuscation is regarded as an entitlement continues to dominate the department, he is vulnerable to the accusation that little has changed.

I see no reason that will be changing particularly as the entitlement state persists in the U.S.

Now, with consumption posing a threat to long - term exports, governments face a heightened need to raise prices that have come to be viewed as entitlements.»

Our vision and aim is to have The Daily Mile as an entitlement for all children, because 66 per cent of UK 10 - year - olds have no basic fitness, yet in a Daily Mile school all the children are fit.

In an era where financial risk is increasingly the responsibility of the individual as entitlements such as defined - benefit pension plans disappear, personal financial literacy needs to improve dramatically.

This was specifically what I was getting into, as far as entitlements due to «lapping up» Wii U games like Nintendo owes them.

«Millennials have a comfort with speaking up that other generations mislabel as entitlement,» Rikleen says.

He listed some of the factors for the increase, including increased public awareness of claims, a general societal tendency to regard physical security as an entitlement rather than luck, and judicial expansion of the scope of duty of care.

Rights to minerals, potentially the most valuable asset of remote Aboriginal lands from the perspective of the mainstream economy, could be argued as the entitlement of Indigenous communities as well as the Crown.

Their roles in the chamber include taking divisions, and maintaining a «pairs book» which controls the ability of members and senators to leave the parliament building during sittings, as well as the entitlement to be absent during divisions.

«As an entitlement program, it will be politically very difficult to repeal, even if the program proves to be ineffective and wasteful.

The results pinpoint the role of narcissism as driven by its maladaptive components such as entitlement, exploitativeness and exhibitionism.

Further, a divorced spouse is no longer a Sharia heir, as the entitlement depends on a valid Muslim marriage existing at the date of death.

«I don't see this as an entitlement,» he said.

Olayinka, who lost his job over a year ago, said he had invested N700, 000 that was paid to him as entitlement in MMM, given how profitable the scheme was before it collapsed.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who held City Hall for 12 years until this year, consistently opposed the legislation, seeing it as an entitlement that the city could not afford.

Also remember, extremes such as entitlement, arrogance, selfishness may lock you out of the college of your dream.

Many Republicans refer to this as an entitlement program that exacerbates the fiscal crisis of the Federal Government.

«When you're used to going out and spending whatever you want on the best food and wine you tend to see that as an entitlement,» says Steven.

If they see it as an entitlement to be spent as it comes, you won't build much on assets no matter how hard you try individually.