Welfare

Workers work on drainage on a street in Waukegan, Ill., Monday, Nov. 6, 2023.

Low-budget ‘social infrastructure’ for the working class

Karl Polzer · August 17, 2021 4:00 am

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speak privately before an event to address the urgent need to counter climate change in the US with transformational investments in clean jobs, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 28, 2021.

Who are Democrats fighting for? Not you

Sen. Marco Rubio · August 13, 2021 4:00 am

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., participates in a panel during a campaign event for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. Friday, Jan. 31, 2020, in Clive, Iowa.

Beltway Confidential

Ilhan Omar’s latest socialist proposal would trap us in welfare state stagnation

Brad Polumbo · August 7, 2021 12:00 pm

FILE - In this Friday, March 17, 2017, file photo, a sign advertises a program that allows food stamp recipients to use their EBT cards to shop at a farmer's market in Topsham, Maine. A proposal to curtail the nation's food stamp program would pinch families struggling to pay for groceries and ripple through other areas of the economy, including supermarkets and discounters. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

We need to address the ‘cliff effect’ of welfare benefits

Rep. Don Bacon · July 28, 2021 4:00 am

The dignity of work uplifts families

Rep. Jackie Walorski · July 27, 2021 2:06 pm

President Trump is seen along the West Wing Colonnade at the White House in Washington, D.C.

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A better way than welfare

Ben Carson · July 22, 2021 11:00 am

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‘Abolitionists’ against child welfare

Naomi Schaefer Riley · July 16, 2021 3:00 am

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., finishes a statement at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019. Pelosi announced that the House is moving forward to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.

Beltway Confidential

Progressives redefine infrastructure to sell higher welfare spending

Tim Worstall · July 6, 2021 6:00 pm

"The whole psychology about work changes when you're on these programs. All the sudden, the value of the programs becomes greater than a job you could get," Conyers said. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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Democrats’ welfare amnesia

Robin Walker · June 23, 2021 1:59 pm

Tennessee welfare reform aims to put more money in needy families’ pockets

Washington Examiner · June 22, 2021 2:00 pm

A woman passes a "We're Hiring!" sign while entering a clothing store in the Downtown Crossing of Boston.

New jobless claims drop to 440,000 as red states opt out of boosted unemployment benefits

Zach Halaschak · May 20, 2021 12:33 pm

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Get ready for the great unemployment benefits test

Tim Worstall · May 17, 2021 11:22 am