First of all medicare and social security are paid for and are entitlements.If you pay into them then you are ENTITLED to benefits. If not then you do not get them. Second , unemployment compensation is an entitlement, you pay an "unemployment tax" from out of your pay check. So yes you are entitled to unemployment compensation only if you worked enough hours and made enough money. You CANNOT get unemployment benefits if you do not qualify, its not free, its insurance, republicans should be in favor of insurance, after all they are in the pockets of the insurance industry.So yes they are "Entitlements" you are entitled to benefits only if you qualify. all are paid for. Now lets talk about tax cuts. First they are not entitlements,and no one is entitled to tax cuts, since they are NOT paid for . borrowing money from china then just handing it to millionaires and billionaires sure doesn`t sound smart or good for the country.So how are unpaid tax cuts OK . but Things are paid for not OK? Remember that when the wealthy get a tax cut your taxes (local, state etc ) all have to go up to make up for the lost revenue , or your benefits from "entitlements" go down because of loss of revenue. So think to yourself for a moment which is better...borrowing money from China to give the wealthy that all of us but them will have to pay for or paid for "entitlements"? Seems like there is only one logical choice.. things that are paid for..