Showing posts with label welfare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label welfare. Show all posts

Walter E Williams: Dependency, Not Poverty

There is no material poverty in the U.S.     Here are a few facts about people whom the Census Bureau labels as poor. Dr. Robert Rector and Rachel Sheffield, in their study "Understanding Poverty in the United States: Surprising Facts About America's Poor", report that 80 percent of poor households have air conditioning; nearly three-quarters      ... MORE

John Stossel: Real Charity

'Tis the season for giving.       But when you give, do you know your money will help someone? Social workers say, "Don't give to beggars." Those who do give are "enablers," helping alcoholics and drug users to continue bad habits. It's better to give to charities that help the "homeless." I put "homeless" in quotes because my TV       ... MORE

Glen Harlan Reynolds: A Look At Medicaid's Awful Results

Incentives against doctors and high quality medical care.   As the Obamacare debacle rolls on -- looking even worse than it did a week ago, if that's possible -- there's a separate but related issue involving Medicaid expansion. And, as with Obamacare, people who oppose the expansion risk being called heartless murderers for "denying sick  ... MORE

IRS Paid Out $110 Billion In EITC To The Unqualified

One in five dollars squandered on improper payments.     The Internal Revenue Service has paid out more than $110 billion in tax credits over the past decade to people who didn't qualify for them, a Treasury report has revealed. The Earned Income Tax Credits were intended for poor working families but the report showed that one in five   ... MORE

Michael Tanner: Why Get Off Welfare?

Being poor doesn't mean you're stupid.            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 there is also evidence that many are reluctant to accept available employment opportunities. Despite work requirements  ... MORE

Thomas Sowell: Immigration Gambles

When political correctness replaces self-preservation. Britain's late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said it all when she wrote that the world has "never ceased to be dangerous," but the West has "ceased to be vigilant." Nothing better illustrates her point than the fact that the West has imported vast numbers of people who hate our guts and    ... MORE

Gary M. Gales: The Clenched Fist & The General Welfare

A clenched fist cannot create.     If we asked what we want government to do to advance the general welfare, the answer boils down to determining what advantages accrue from organizing people and resources via government power as opposed to allowing them to organize voluntarily. Of course, government has no resources it has not     ... MORE

Veronique de Rugy: Farm Subsidies Must Die

A program to take from the poor and give to the rich.   On January 2, President Barack Obama signed a bill designed to avert the fiscal cliff. At the same time, to slightly less fanfare, he averted the “milk cliff.” By extending the 2008 farm bill another nine months, he prevented the automatic revival of a 1949 law requiring the   ... MORE

VIDEO: Buckley & Alinsky - Mobilizing The Poor


Saul Alinsky - The 2nd most influential community activist of all time.

Thomas Sowell: Whose Welfare?

Theories about culture trump welfare of humans.    If there is ever a contest for the law with the most grossly misleading title, the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 should be a prime candidate, because the last thing this Act protects is the welfare of Indian children. The theory behind the Indian Child Welfare Act is that an American Indian ... MORE

NYers Say FEMA Ignored Obama's Cut Red Tape Pledge

"FEMA ain't doing nothing."       Storm-ravaged New Yorkers say President Obama’s promise to cut red tape and get them aid in the aftermath of Sandy has proven to be hot air. Angry citizens vented at FEMA officials at a town hall meeting held by the disaster relief agency Thursday, with tempers boiling over. Some 1,000 people,      ... MORE