The share of Americans’ income that comes from government benefit programs, like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, more than doubled over the last four decades, rising from 8 percent in 1969 to 18 percent in 2009.
Related reading:
Geography of Government Benefit
Perspective (14 Feb 12)
Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on It
The New york Times (11 Feb 12)
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