Break Quote by Michael Tanner

Government welfare programs contribute to the disintegration of poor families. They make women and children dependent on government; dependent for food, for clothing, for…

— Hans F. Sennholz

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 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

What the welfare system and other kinds of governmental programs are doing is paying people to fail. In so far as they fail, they…

— 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

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

— George Gilder

I believe that investing in welfare is crucial - but I also believe that it only works if you're getting help to those who…

— Grant Shapps

It's a mistake to think that poor people get the benefit from the welfare system. It's a total fraud. Most welfare go to the…

— Ron Paul

The truth is, the greatest tool to lift children and families from poverty is one that decreases the probability of child poverty by 82%.…

— Marco Rubio

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