List of political epithets

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Government cheese

US: Term used by opponents of wealth redistribution as a synonym for the government's alleged largess. This term is also used by supporters of wealth redistribution as a synonym for the government's alleged parsimony.

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Also used in urban slang to refer to people on welfare (surplus cheese is disbursed to the needy in the U.S.). See "government handouts."

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