Half of U.S. Households Received Government Benefits in 2010

`` Conservatives are more likely to see it as a symptom of a very sick government that is drowning in bloat and addicted to redistribution. Both sides have a case. The labor force is indeed quite sick, with a dismal share of working-age adults participating in the economy. But even most liberals would agree that the projected growth of Medicare and Medicaid scream out for a major reform, or at least a tax hike, in the next few years. ''