Study: 44% of social security users say "No, I have not used a gov. social program."

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Anyone who says a student loan is welfare is crass.

Just to clarify I never thought that pell grants/student loans were welfare. But they are government social programs, which is the wording of the question in the study. It's a government loan program, targeting a specific group of society in order to try and support them. The payback might be stringent, but it does fall under the broad wording of "government social program", which is why I was surprised so little said they never used one.