October 13th, 2012 at 7:17PM
How Many of These 21 Government Programs Have You Benefited From?

kiplinger:

nyt-agenda:

According to 2008 data from the Cornell Survey Research Institute reported Monday in a Times opinion piece, 96 percent of Americans — not 47 percent — have taken part in at least one of these government programs:

  1. Head Start
  2. Social Security Disability
  3. Social Security Retirement and Survivors Benefits
  4. Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  5. Medicaid
  6. Medicare
  7. Welfare (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or T.A.N.F.)
  8. G.I. Bill
  9. Veterans’ benefits
  10. Pell Grants
  11. Unemployment Insurance
  12. Food Stamps
  13. Government Subsidized Housing
  14. Home Mortgage Interest Deduction
  15. Hope and Lifetime Learning Tax Credits
  16. Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit
  17. 529 accounts (qualified tuition programs) or Coverdell education savings account (Education I.R.A.’s)
  18. Earned-income tax credit
  19. Employer subsidized health insurance
  20. Employer subsidized retirement benefits
  21. Federal student loans

Student loans! Mortgage interest deduction! We are the 96%.

A little perspective goes a long way…
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  2. wingtipsandloafers reblogged this from kiplinger and added:
    A little perspective goes a long way…
  3. byturns reblogged this from kiplinger and added:
    96% of American have used a government sponsored program. Not, you know, 47%.
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  7. kiplinger reblogged this from nyt-agenda and added:
    interest deduction! We are the 96%.
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  13. markcoatney reblogged this from nyt-agenda and added:
    Hmm. So far, five, but I’m sure that number will go up. But this doesn’t even cover all
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  15. theblacksnorlax reblogged this from nyt-agenda and added:
    1, 10, 15, and 21 are what I’ve gotten.
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    18, 19, and 21. but i’m just...lazy bum livin’ off free
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