Sentence examples for get a handout from inspiring English sources

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He doesn't get a handout.

Did the panhandler accomplish his mission and get a handout?

In recent years, it hardly took star power to get a handout from New Jersey's government.

Owning stocks is good for society, too," he noted, but stockbrokers don't get a handout from the feds.

"I wanted her to know I wasn't going to walk away from this and I wasn't trying to get a handout," she said.

At the Minnesota rally, Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a presidential hopeful, tried to glom onto some of the glitter, but all he could come up with was "Wall Street gets a bailout, the poor get a handout and everybody else gets their wallets out," which is mean without being exciting.

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But if anything, many interviewees had internalised a Thatcherite every-man-for-himself mentality, wanting benefits for themselves but resenting anyone else getting a handout.

"You don't want to hurt anybody's feelings, and everybody seems to be getting a handout without having to work.

Plenty of poor people in America are wary of programmes like the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) because the idea of getting a handout from the government reinforces a sense of helplessness.

If Bain & Company was just such a "loser" with too big an appetite, and got a handout to keep its loans above water, Mr Romney has some awkward explaining to do.

The benefits of a research consultation are getting an edge on the competition, getting a handout covering important resources in your area of law, and getting a sense of relief when it comes to worrying about your upcoming job.

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