“As the data from the past decade clarify, there is no evidence that poverty causes crime but a great deal of evidence that crime causes poverty. By aligning themselves against the police, against commonsense tactics like stop and frisk, against metal detectors in public housing, against swift and certain punishment, and for a broad array of legal protections for accused criminals, liberals helped to aggrieve the lives of the poor and society as a whole.” WholePastCertainCausesPoorDealsPovertyCrimeEvidencePoliceProtectionDecadesCriminalsPunishmentDataBroadsMetalsAccusedTacticsHousingPublic HousingMetal DetectorsStop And Frisk Author:Mona Charen
“Liberals cling to the idea that critics of welfare are motivated by greed or callous disregard for the less fortunate. In fact, during the twenty-five years that followed Lyndon Johnson's declaration of war on poverty, U.S. tax payers spent $3 trillion providing every conceivable support for the poor, the elderly, and the infirm. Private foundations spent scores of billions more, and private and religious charities even more. Nevertheless, as Ronald Raegan later quipped, 'in the war on poverty, poverty won.'” YearsIdeasWarFactsReligiousPoorPovertySupportFiveTaxesTwentiesFoundationCharityCriticsGreedBillionsFortunateWelfareFive YearsScoreMotivatedProvidingNeverthelessDeclarationElderlyJohnsonDisregardTwenty FiveCallousLess FortunateWar On PovertyDeclaration Of War Book:Do-Gooders: How Liberals Hurt Those They Claim to Help and the Rest of Us Source: Do-Gooders: How Liberals Hurt Those They Claim to Help and the Rest of Us
“Abused And neglected children have paid the price for liberalism's tendency to sentimentalize the poor.” ChildrenPoorPaidTendenciesLiberalismNeglectedNeglected Child Book:Do-Gooders: How Liberals Hurt Those They Claim to Help and the Rest of Us Source: Do-Gooders: How Liberals Hurt Those They Claim to Help and the Rest of Us
“[T]he sprawl of government into every conceivable realm of life has caused the withering of traditional institutions. Fathers become unnecessary if the government provides Aid to Families with Dependent Children. Church charities lose their mission when the government provides food, shelter and income to the poor. And the non-poor no longer feel pressed to provide aid to those in need, be they aged parents or their unfortunate neighbors-"compassion" having become the province of the state.” IfsNeedsFeelsChildrenStatesGovernmentFatherParentLosesChurchPoorCompassionInstitutionsCharityMissionsAidsNeighborIncomeTraditionalRealmsDependentShelterUnfortunateUnnecessaryProvincesWitheringThose In Need Author:Mona Charen
