Unemployment for Bessemer Township, MI Unemployment in Bessemer Township is 5.3%. It is higher than the state and national averages, 4.4% and 4.1% respectively
Definition of entitlement: Distribution or exercise of an absolute privilege or right to an economic benefit (such as old age pension, social security, unemployment stipend) granted by contract or law, automatically upon ...
The word is often used as a synonym for social assistance programs for the old, the sick and the poor, says political scientist Norman Ornstein, co-author of Debt and Taxes, which includes a history of the word entitlement and its evolution. But its technical definition is a bit more expansive.