These federal handouts reflect the sensibilities of a wealthy country.
Unsurprisingly, therefore, one in six working-age men in Puerto Rico are claiming disability benefits.Many families do not view the federal handouts as temporary.
Mr Scott has made a habit of spurning federal handouts, especially if they are tied to Mr Obama's health-care reforms.
He repeatedly called Mr. Obama "the greatest food-stamp president in American history," and lectured a black questioner at Monday's debate about the amount of federal handouts to blacks, suggesting their work ethic was questionable.
He repeatedly called Mr. Obama "the greatest food-stamp president in American history," and lectured a black questioner at a debate about the amount of federal handouts to blacks, suggesting their work ethic was questionable.
He has traversed the country calling President Obama "the greatest food-stamp president in American history" and presenting African-Americans with the great revelation that they should prefer paychecks to federal handouts.
The Bachmann family farm in Wisconsin got $251,000 in federal handouts from 1995 to 2009, according to the invaluable table of subsidies put out annually by the Environmental Working Group, a Washington-based research organization.
Now, thanks to its export boom, Saskatchewan too has become a "have" province, which in Canadian parlance means that it no longer qualifies for federal handouts for certain social services.
