61.   Spending on government benefit programs would automatically rise in a recession, and politicians would be under pressure to increase other spending to help those in need.

62.   Some find that service-industry wages cannot compete with government benefits.

63.   State and New York City officials said the rules reflected the philosophical notion that people who receive government benefits must be prepared to show a measure of personal responsibility.

64.   Some others would find their citizenship applications barred if they sought government benefits now.

65.   Still, the changes are small relative to the revolution occurring elsewhere, and recent newspaper polls show that the vast majority of people like their government benefits.

66.   Such documents are used for a number of purposes, including creating new identities, applying fraudulently for government benefits and creating the appearance of false citizenship.

67.   Such logic has a way of getting lost in debates over government retirement benefits.

68.   That crisis can only be met by trimming all government benefits, in and out of the Social Security system.

69.   That would do more good for people than government benefits, several said.

70.   The Clinton Administration views family support as a valuable supplement to government benefits like the earned income tax credit, rent subsidies, training, Medicaid and the like.