Entilement.

According to Dictionary .Com, Entitlement is defined as " The right to a guaranteed benefit under a government program."

 I also looked up Entitle on Dictionary.Com, " The right to claim something."


 This is clearly a THIRD RAIL word in 2012 Politics- Both sides of the aisle tend to take jaundiced looks at people who get money from programs in what THEY believe to be an unworthy and unjustfiable manner!

 They believe , each side, that there would be less waste, less abuse of how the tax payers money is spent and more responsiveness  from the government to those they serve if that which THEY BELIEVE to be an entitlement was either abolished or significantly reduced..

So, From your perspective, How do wisely and responsibly decide what is a necessary and thoroughly justifiable social expenditure and what is an entitlement?