we're focusing too much energy on the symptom rather than the disease: Our real enemy is poverty, not welfare. — Cathy McMorris Rodgers Copy Share Image
The 1996 welfare reform law, for the first time, connected welfare benefits with an expectation that recipients would work or participate in… — Charles Boustany Copy Share Image
Indeed, in US politics, 'poverty', along with 'welfare', 'unwed mothers' and 'crime', became code words for blacks. — Frances Fox Piven Copy Share Image