A Chance To Really End Welfare As We Know It
Investor’s Business Daily Thanks to a revived economy spinning out jobs, the number of people on food stamps dropped by 2 million people last year, according to a new report.…
Bled Dry by the New Class
Bureaucrats push pencils at the expense of real workers by Glenn Harlan Reynolds Life is hard. It’s harder still when an entire class of people with their hands out stands…
Census Bureau: Means-Tested Gov’t Benefit Recipients Outnumber Full-Time Year-Round Workers
Americans who were recipients of means-tested government benefits in 2011 outnumbered year-round full-time workers, according to data released this month by the Census Bureau. There were 108,592,000 people in the…
Why get off welfare?
By Michael D. Tanner Contrary to stereotypes, there is no evidence that people on welfare are lazy. Indeed, surveys of welfare recipients consistently show their desire for a job. But…
When welfare pays better than work
by Michael Turner Here’s an offer for you: $38,004 per year, tax free. No work required. Apply at your local welfare office. The federal government funds 126 separate programs targeted…
Republicans Are Right, Fact-Checkers Wrong On Welfare
Reform Rollback: Democrats and “fact-checkers” claim Republicans are lying when they say that the president wants to gut work requirements. Here’s why the GOP should press on. You heard it…