“The biggest threat to the American people today lies with the United States government. ... [T]he long-term solution is to dismantle, not reform, the iron fist of the welfare state and the controlled economy. This includes the end (not the reform) of the IRS, the DEA, the BATF, the SEC, the FDA, HUD, the departments of HHS, Labor, Agriculture, and energy, and every other agency that takes money from some and gives it to others or interferes with peaceful behavior.” PeopleGivingLongEndsStatesGovernmentTodayLyingEnergyTermUnitedUnited StatesEconomyBehaviorSolutionsLaborThreatPeacefulReformWelfareLong TermAgencyDepartmentIronControlledAgricultureInterfereFistsState GovernmentWelfare StateIrsFdaUnited States Government Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
“The welfare system in the United States is vile.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesWelfare Author:Daniel Keys Moran
“The constitutionality and propriety of the Federal Government assuming to enter into a novel and vast field of legislation, namely, that of providing for the care and support of all those ... who by any form of calamity become fit objects of public philanthropy. ... I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for making the Federal Government the great almoner of public charity throughout the United States. To do so would, in my judgment, be contrary to the letter and spirit of the Constitution and subversive of the whole theory upon which the Union of these States is founded.” StatesWholeGovernmentCareFormSpiritUnitedPowerUnited StatesSupportNovelFieldsObjectsTheoryFitAuthorityJudgmentLettersConstitutionAssumingUnionsCharityContraryWelfareProvidingPhilanthropyLegislationFederal GovernmentCalamitySubversivePropriety Author:Franklin Pierce
“We need to empower women. Give women a voice in the decision-making process. Give women a political voice where they can champion, for their own welfare. And, of course, for us. United Nations - organizations, agencies - we need to do our part.” NeedsGivingPoliticalCoursesNationsProcessVoiceDecisionUnitedOrganizationWelfareChampionAgencyEmpoweringDecision MakingUnited NationsEmpowering WomenDecision Making Process Author:Margaret Chan
“I find it remarkable that virtually all of the large difference in labor supply between France and the United States is due to differences in tax systems. I expected institutional constraints on the operation of labor markets and the nature of the unemployment benefit system to be more important. I was surprised that the welfare gain from reducing the intratemporal tax wedge is so large.” ImportantStatesDifferencesUnitedUnited StatesTaxesBenefitsGainsEconomicsLaborDuesExpectedFranceOperationsWelfareRemarkableUnemploymentReducingConstraintsWedgesTax SystemUnemployment Benefits Author:Edward C. Prescott
“As I ran for president, I hoped that one child would come out of the ghetto like I did, could look at me walk across the stage with governors and senators and know they didn't have to be a drug dealer, they didn't have to be a hoodlum, they didn't have to be a gangster. They could stand up from a broken home, on welfare, and they could run for president of the United States.” KnowsLooksChildrenStatesHomeRunningPresidentWalksUnitedUnited StatesStageBrokenDrugRanWelfareGovernorsSenatorsLook At MeGhettoDealerGangstersDrug DealersBroken Homes Author:Al Sharpton
“Child poverty in the United States declined after the work requirement was put in there. People realized that they had to work and people went out and worked and they got off welfare.” PeopleChildrenStatesUnitedPovertyUnited StatesWelfareRequirements Author:Thomas Sowell
“There are no conservatives in the United States. The United States does not have a conservative tradition. The people who call themselves conservatives, like the Heritage Foundation or Gingrich, are believers in -- are radical statists. They believe in a powerful state, but a welfare state for the rich.” PeopleBelieveDoeStatesUnitedPowerfulUnited StatesRichTraditionFoundationConservativeBelieverRadicalWelfareHeritageWelfare State Author:Noam Chomsky