Second, although the Bush tax cuts have been widely derided as a handout for the wealthy, the cuts increased the progressivity of the federal tax code.

FORBES: Voters Press Repeat

Most Americans thought of it as a gratuitous handout to greedy Wall Street executives.

FORBES: Fear Will Subside

What alarms Labour politicians is that voters appear to have stopped thinking of benefits as social security - something they pay into for use in hard times - but rather as a charity handout to the poor, and that this will fatally undermine the welfare state.

BBC: Political reporter, BBC News, in Manchester

"All consequential money we receive in Wales, comes not as a UK government handout - it's money which rightly comes back to the Welsh taxpayer, as a consequence of spending decisions made in England, " it added.

BBC: PM attacks Welsh government over council tax freeze snub

As occurred in Spain, people know a good handout when they see one and, just last month, there were over 15, 000 new installations.

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As for the Capitol Hill handout, Rachel Racusen, a spokeswoman for the House Committee on Education and Labor, says it's a non-issue.

FORBES: Magazine Article

So we appreciated that we got a "Ten Cocktails Everyone Should Know" handout that included instructions for making the drinks from the class as well as five others.

WSJ: Taking Cocktail-Making Classes