Tag: federal budget outlays

Old man walking in a park

So-called serious people are talking about “entitlement reform.”  I know “reform” is a good thing.  And “entitlement” sounds bad.  Merriam Webster’s online dictionary offers a definition: “belief that one is deserving of or entitled to certain privileges.”  Well, if greedy people out there are getting special stuff, we should fix it.  A fix would b…