Contrary to “Entitlement Society” Rhetoric, Over Nine-Tenths of Entitlement Benefits Go to Elderly, Disabled, or Working Households
CBPP analysis of budget and Census data shows that more than 90
percent of the benefit dollars that entitlement and other
mandatory programs spend go to assist people who are elderly,
seriously disabled, or members of working households — not to
able-bodied, working-age Americans who choose not to work.