“Illegitimacy is the single most important social problem of our time - more important than crime, drugs, poverty, illiteracy, welfare or homelessness because it drives everything else.” ImportantProblemSocialPovertyCrimeDrugWelfareOur TimeHomelessnessIlliteracySocial Problems Author:Charles A. Murray
“The most troubling aspect of social policy towards the poor in late 20th century America is or how much it costs, but what it has bought.” AmericaSocialPoorCenturyPolicyCostLateAspect20th CenturySocial Policy Author:Charles A. Murray
“What a racially segregated system once taught the young black about living with his inferiority is now taught by a benevolent social welfare system. The difference was that in an earlier age a black parent could fight the competing influences.” AgeYoungFightingSocialParentBlackDifferencesInfluenceTaughtWelfareCompetingInferiorityBenevolentSocial Welfare Book:Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980 Source: Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980
