Dependency Quote by Mel Carnahan

We need to make sure that people are progressively better off in work than they would be on welfare.

— Grant Shapps

We must see to it that the workforce of tomorrow starts off on the right foot, and that means better support for Missouri children…

— Mike Parson

Child poverty in the United States declined after the work requirement was put in there. People realized that they had to work and people…

— Thomas Sowell

Missourians are a hardworking people. They want good, quality jobs.

— Eric Greitens

More Missourians are working than ever before.

— Bob Holden

Welfare now erodes work and family and thus keeps poor people poor. Accompanying welfare is an ideology - sustaining a whole system of federal…

— George Gilder

A well-designed welfare state can actually encourage people to take chances with their jobs and be more, not less, open to changes.

— Ha-Joon Chang

There are people walking around the streets of Kansas City who are unemployed, while one of our largest employers is not only sending jobs…

— Emanuel Cleaver

When we shift our public dollars away from our schools and city services and into company developments, it increases the root causes of poverty:…

— Rashida Tlaib

Jobs are disappearing from every sector of the economy, from engineering to health care workers, forcing hundreds of thousands of families into unemployment and…

— Jerry Costello

“expenditures are trimmed and social welfare programs are undone. State policies promote the deregulation of the labor market: deindexation of earnings, part-time employment, early…

— Michel Chossudovsky

Quality child care, health insurance coverage, and training make it possible for former welfare recipients to get, and keep, jobs.

— Mel Carnahan