Handouts

handouts is about the same as the number of people working at meaningful jobs. (And a job administering the handouts, i.e., a government job, is definitely not in the productive sector of the economy.)

The most recent figures, for mid- 1975, give you the 200-volt news. There are 28.6 million people dependent on government retirement and disability programs. (These figures are arrived at by taking the total number of recipients and multiplying by the percentage of their total income that the specific handout amounts to.) Government “survivor” programs (in case anyone survives the government?) are the mainstay of 8.9 million people. Supplemental income seems to prop up another 6.6 million people. Unemployment benefits keep 6 million going. People on active military duty, and their dependents, amount to 3.5 million souls. Civilian employees of government, and their dependents, amount to 27.7 million.

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handouts is about the same as the number of people working at meaningful jobs. (And a job administering the handouts, i.e., a government job, is definitely not in the productive sector of the economy.)

The most recent figures, for mid- 1975, give you the 200-volt news. There are 28.6 million people dependent on government retirement and disability programs. (These figures are arrived at by taking the total number of recipients and multiplying by the percentage of their total income that the specific handout amounts to.) Government “survivor” programs (in case anyone survives the government?) are the mainstay of 8.9 million people. Supplemental income seems to prop up another 6.6 million people. Unemployment benefits keep 6 million going. People on active military duty, and their dependents, amount to 3.5 million souls. Civilian employees of government, and their dependents, amount to 27.7 million.