Well... your point is too general and misleading.
That health insurance, be it united Healthcare, Delta etc is subsidized by the government to keep it low. Bush did it and so did Obama.
Social security and medicare that is your own money for your own good in the future.It's more like a savings plan.
State INCOME tax that you pay may be way less than sales tax that some unemployed people pay.
You do receive entitlements in terms of government subsidies. I do too and I work and pay my taxes but paying taxes doesn't necessarily means that you paid for everything that you get from the government be it state or federal.
There are so many progrms that were meant to help Americans make their lives easier, government subsidies is one of them and wether you like it or not you receive entitlements in the form of subsidies.
n., pl., -dies.
- Monetary assistance granted by a government to a person or group in support of an enterprise regarded as being in the public interest.
- Financial assistance given by one person or government to another.
- Money formerly granted to the British Crown by Parliament
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Payment or other favorable economic stimulus (such as remission of taxation) given by government to certain individuals or groups of economic entities, usually to encourage their continued existence, growth, development, and profitability. In the United States, subsidies are given to the agricultural industry, the very poor, and many other groups.
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