The U.S. should take a cleaver to entitlement programs and hack them into near oblivion. They are unconstitutional uses of money confiscated from the taxpayers. They are also bottomless pits. More taxation is not a solution. The politicians will spend everything they collect in taxes and more. The politicians have no self control. They need some harsh limits imposed to keep them in check.
if by "entitlements" you include govt pensions, then by all means...chop away....
but folks....people with nice fat govt pensions have to realize that most Americans do not have defined pensions and will rely on SS....after working til age 62 or older, its not asking too much...