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Like all American process cheese, it consisted of a variety of cheese types blended together. The cheese was often from food surpluses stockpiled by the government as part of milk price supports. Butter was also stockpiled and then provided under the same program. Though the efficacy may be disputed by economists, politically the stockpiling was meant to bolster demand for milk, making dairy production more profitable. The cheese was bought and stored by the government's Commodity Credit Corporation . Direct distribution of dairy products began in 1982 under the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program of the Food And Nutrition Service . In the United States the term is also used, often derisively, to describe monetary Government Assistance given to those who are in need of financial help; a person receiving such aid is said to "live on Government Cheese." In the current era, the USDA provides a subsidized food program for specific classes of foods in the United States known as the Women, Infants And Children program. SEE ALSO
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