18 Charts: The Rise Of Government Dependence

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BusinessInsider.com Wrote:18 Staggering Charts On The Rise Of Government Dependence

The Heritage Foundation's index, which looks at government disbursements from health and welfare to farm subsidies, jumped 8.1 percent in 2011.

The share of Americans who pay no federal income tax rose to a record 49.5 percent.

A record 70.5 percent of government spending went to dependence programs.

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