Dependent Quote by Thomas Sowell

Government aid programs have been endlessly expanded, and the government has sought to maximize the number of people willing to accept handouts… Roughly half…

— James Bovard

Too many Mainers are dependent on government handouts. Government dependency has not - and never will - create prosperity.

— Paul LePage

There are people who believe in expanding the welfare state across the spectrum of races and ethnicities and creeds.

— Jeb Bush

So Indian policy has become institutionalized and the result has been that American people have become more dependent on government and that the American…

— Russell Means

“One of Obama’s greatest failures will be his legacy of making millions completely dependent on government handouts, not work…So sad.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

“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

I am indebted to the British welfare state; the very one that Mr Cameron would like to replace with charity handouts. When my life…

— J. K. Rowling

In their zeal to show compassion, liberal community activists are quick to offer government handouts and, in the process, convey the message that people…

— Rachel Campos-Duffy

When Congress votes for all sorts of benefits, without voting for enough taxes to pay for them, they get the support of those who…

— Thomas Sowell

The welfare state has always been judged by its good intentions, rather than its bad results.

— Thomas Sowell

The biggest and most deadly 'tax' rate on the poor comes from a loss of various welfare state benefits - food stamps, housing subsidies…

— Thomas Sowell

Welfare states on both sides of the Atlantic have discovered that largesse to losers does not reduce their hostility to society, but only increases…

— Thomas Sowell