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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.pastors.comhttp://www.pastors.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Pastors.com News</title><link>http://www.pastors.com/news/headlines.aspx</link><description>News of interest to the pastor's community</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)</generator><item><title>16% of American's Income is Government Assistance in 2009</title><link>http://www.pastors.com/forums/thread/17876.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:12:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">89de837d-08b6-4133-92cf-2a8622961ebb:17876</guid><dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.pastors.com/forums/thread/17876.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.pastors.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=476&amp;PostID=17876</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;This is pretty shocking. Apparently, in the first quarter of 2009, about 1 of of every dollars in income was due to Social Security, food stamps, unemployment insurance and health care. That&amp;#39;s the highest amount since 1929 when the government first started keeping records. Not that those programs are bad. I just worry about long-term sustainability, and motivating people to support themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>