Cost Quote by Charles A. Murray

The way the [welfare] programs are organized, poor people are only paid to do things that are counter-productive - such as breaking up their…

— Thomas Sowell

The real purpose of welfare is to get rid of poor people entirely. Everybody knows welfare has bad effects; that's the point.

— P. J. O'Rourke

I disagree with those who say welfare is a waste of money. It's a good means to creating new jobs.

— Park Won-soon

The greatest crime of welfare isn't that it's a waste of money, but that it's a waste of people.

— Mark Steyn

Corporate welfare isn't necessarily a bad thing.

— James Surowiecki

Welfare culture is bad not just because, as in Europe, it's bankrupting the state, but because it enfeebles the citizenry, it erodes self-reliance and…

— Mark Steyn

Over time, the welfare state has become dysfunctional in a surprising way. But in a way it became a victim of its own success:…

— Niall Ferguson

We spend billions of pounds on welfare, yet millions are trapped on welfare. It's not worth their while going into work.

— David Cameron

The more we take the welfare of others to heart and work for their benefit, the more benefit we derive for ourselves. This is…

— Dalai Lama

I believe welfare makes you lazy and unproductive.

— Charles Evers

To blame the poor for subsisting on welfare has no justice unless we are also willing to judge every rich member of society by…

— Norman Mailer

Welfare makes you dependent upon someone to take care of you.

— Charles Evers