Transfer Payments,like Social Security,are Known as Entitlements Since ________

Transfer payments,like Social Security,are known as entitlements since ________.

A) they are locked up by earlier legislation
B) the individuals who receive these payments are poor and deserve our support
C) the individuals who receive these payments made payments to the federal government in excess of the monies they draw from the system
D) these monies tend to rise in an economic downturn