Therein lies the problem--the recipients never think of it as OPM--it's simply created out of thin air by "da gub'mint"Many people simply rationalize it by imaging that their "gub'mint" check is composed of ancient $1000 bills from the musty mattress of some heartless old billionaire who looks like the Monopoly Man, only thinner and meaner (Mr. Burns, perhaps).
What they don't care to understand is that it frequently comes from their neighbors.