As I've been saying all along, once you begin a new government entitlement people evolve, and it's almost impossible to get rid of the entitlement.
At first, they are too proud to accept government handouts.
Then they try it.
Then they get used to it, and begin to justify to themselves why they deserve it.
Then they scream bloody murder and believe someone is stealing from them when it is suggested the entitlement should end.
"When the people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic.”