Nearly Half of U.S Lives in Household Receiving Government Benefits
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
- Organization: Wall Street Journal
- Link: http://blogs.wsj.com
The pool of Americans relying on government benefits rose to record highs last year as an increasing share of families tapped aid in a weak economy.
Some 48.6% of the population lived in a household receiving some type of government benefit in the second quarter of 2010, up a notch from 48.5% in the first quarter, according to Census data.
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