Wall Street Journal by Phil Izzo (excerpt):  49.1% of US households has one or more individuals receiving some form of government benefit during the first quarter of 2011, according to the US Census Bureau, and many are likely to receive more than one benefit. 

Commentary:  A propagandized US unemployment rate shows 8.1%, which is still high, but that reflects only those who have applied for EDD benefits.  If you add the numbers whose unemployment has been exhausted, or those not qualified f...
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