>What I'm trying to say is that your perspective may be skewed... lots of money is spent on entitlements therefore entitlements are a problem does not follow in my opinion. Because the primary purpose of government is the well-being and comfort of the people governed.
>Too bad the pie charts only report money spent. Money indirectly GIVEN, through tax breaks and such, would be interesting too, particularly if it left (personal) income tax allowable deductions out of the pie. Very very few people get tax holidays/breaks compared to corporations. Just about anything that a corporation might do that an individual canot has some form of tax break somewhere. Let's add all those up and see 'who' it is that is being enriched by them.
>An increase in the minimum wage can't get passed, but tax breaks for oil, energy, crops, livestock, transportation, etc are plentiful and just keep on comin.

But corporations are legally persons here, and these persons are entitled proportionally to their size :).