"When asked which is more common – that government help tends to go to irresponsible people who do not deserve it or that it doesn't reach people in need – rural Americans are more likely than others to say they think people are abusing the system."

Those danged crop subsidies!  How about all those programs, work, electrification etc. during the 30's? Of course, none 'undeservingly' received the largess. Nothing save a war where we all must again pull in common traces will save us from division. It's all someone else is the problem, but not me.