Break Quote by Heather Mac Donald

The old welfare system was hurting people by discouraging work and marriage. Welfare reform, and now this legislation, will build on the understanding that…

— Jim Talent

The only way to break the cycle of unwed motherhood, fatherless children, poverty, crime, and welfare is to recognize that welfare causes more problems…

— David Boaz

Any strategy to reduce intergenerational poverty has to be centered on work, not welfare--not only because work provides independence and income but also because…

— Barack Obama

The steady expansion of welfare programs can be taken as a measure of the steady disintegration of the Negro family structure over the past…

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

The tragedy of government welfare programs is not just wasted taxpayer money but wasted lives. The effects of welfare in encouraging the break-up of…

— Michael Tanner

The issue I highlight in the book is welfare reform.

— Robert Scheer

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

Welfare reform passed in the 90s worked because states were given maximum authority along with adequate funding. This model can work for the repeal…

— Kim Reynolds

I believe the benefits of tax reform should flow to those who most need them most - hard-pressed working families struggling to reach or…

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

“The entry of government into social insurance and then into a broader range of social interventions has caused incalculable human suffering. It has not…

— Charles Murray

If you are ideologically opposed to income splitting for families, why wouldn't you scrap it for seniors? What is the distinguishing principle between income…

— Pierre Poilievre

The 1996 welfare reform law, for the first time, connected welfare benefits with an expectation that recipients would work or participate in training. That…

— Charles Boustany