It is not hypocritical. They are saying as long as we (as a community) pay taxes to fund these entitlement programs at the generous level they are being funded and offered, we (i.e. our community members) who qualify for it at the current levels will take full advantage of it by applying and accepting the full aid they are legally entitled to.
That being said, we take the position that the level of the entitlement programs should be less generous, and thus less taxes collected for them, and we will accept them being at a lesser benefit level.