You mean like oil subsidies, banking subsidies, farm subsidies? Those kinds of handouts? You do know that 70% of all government subsidies go to the top 10% wage earners, right? Of course its a "handout" only when its going to the low income individuals. Oh, and the Farm subsidies includes the Snap program for children of low income farmers, which Republicans cut that subsidy in half, but left the remainer of the Farm subsidies untouched. Some of the top farm subsidy payments are to individuals making over $2 million a year (some of those US congressmen) ... uh huh ... that must be those free handouts to some of those who don't have any responsibility ... uh huh!.... look at all the government programs that offer free handouts to people with no responsibility. What is the result? Dependency. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy and they become even more incapable of taking care of themselves.