Source: Daily Mail
46.4% of households pay no federal income tax
34.2% of the population receive food stamps subsidised housing and Medicaid
Obama touted $447billion jobs bill on Thursday that would extend jobless benefits
Analysis during the first quarter of 2010 found that a worrying 48.5 per cent of people lived in households that were dependent on state handouts.
The figure is considerably higher than in the third quarter of 2008, at the height of the recession, when it stood at 44.4 per cent.
The rise has been blamed on high unemployment, poor recovery from the recession, and an increase in the number of government programmes.
Rise of the benefits: Nearly half of Americans receive some form of support - a record high
Part of Obama's jobs plan, which he again pushed on Thursday in an hour-long press conference, would further extend jobless benefit.Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2045863/How-half-U-S-population-lives-household-receives-state-benefits.html#ixzz1a70AofLs
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