social security, VA benefits etc are entitlements....the end result of a contract with the United States of America....we are entitled to those benefits....food stamps - rent subsidies - and everything else those that dont work receive are charity...lets not talk about those things in the same breath as entitlements.....its time to cut back on the freebies, way back....
Charity is something that is freely and willingly given. I don't freely or willingly give to those programs.