According to the 2014 version of a report by the Department of Health and Human Services, the most recent data available shows that nearly 25 percent of Americans received some type of government assistance in 2011. A shocking 38 percent of children under the age of 5 were welfare recipients that same year. The report calculated information dating back to 1993, and defined government assistance as Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, Supplemental Security Income, and/or food stamps. The report notes that the percentage of Americans receiving government assistance in 2011 is higher than it’s ever been.
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