Most “recipients of government benefits somehow don’t believe they’ve received any benefits,” according to Catherine Rampell of the New York Times. In a recent blog post, she cites a Bruce Bartlett column and a Cornell poli-sci paper in order to make a favorite liberal argument: most Americans who complain about government just don’t realize how much they’re benefitting from government.

The top two “government social programs” from which people unwittingly benefit, according to this chart? 529 college savings plans and the tax deduction for mortgage interest.