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title: "8 Welfare Check Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [How would the US be different today if people coming off the boat were greeted with a welfare check instead of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-m-buchanan/how-would-the-us-be-different-today-if-people-coming-off-the-boat/)

[James M. Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-m-buchanan/)

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> [ In the name of short-term stimulus, he \[Obama\] will give every American family (who makes less than $200,000) a welfare check of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-morris/in-the-name-of-short-term-stimulus-he-obama-will-give-every-american/)

[Dick Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-morris/)

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> [Where is love exchanged? Where is the love felt when a state administrator stuffs a welfare check into an outgoing mail?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-west/where-is-love-exchanged-where-is-the-love-felt-when-a-state/)

[Allen West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-west/)

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> [“I propose that every person out of work be required to submit a book report before he or she gets his or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/i-propose-that-every-person-out-of-work-be-required-to-submit-a-book/)

[Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/)

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> [“The end-game for statists is very obvious. If you expand the bureaucratic class and you expand the dependent class, you can put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-steyn/the-end-game-for-statists-is-very-obvious-if-you-expand-the/)

[Mark Steyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-steyn/)

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> [Loves that some people's ideas of being independent, means cash their welfare check all by themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nishan-panwar/loves-that-some-people-s-ideas-of-being-independent-means-cash-their/)

[Nishan Panwar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nishan-panwar/)

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> [That money was for working eight to twelve hour days ... it was not a welfare check.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-keyes/that-money-was-for-working-eight-to-twelve-hour-days-it-was-not-a/)

[Alan Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-keyes/)

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> [Children need love and discipline. They need mothers and fathers. A welfare check is not a husband. The state is not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/children-need-love-and-discipline-they-need-mothers-and-fathers-a/)

[Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/)

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