You don't actually understand what entitlements are, Songwronger.
This, at Wikipedia, is a fairly clear definition:

"In the United States, an entitlement program is a type of "government program that provides individuals with personal financial benefits (or sometimes special government-provided goods or services) to which an indefinite (but usually rather large) number of potential beneficiaries have a legal right...whenever they meet eligibility conditions that are specified by the standing law that authorizes the program."

You don't necessarily have to earn or pay anything in to receive an entitlement--it is something that the gov't grants to you.