Welfare

51% of immigrant households on welfare, 30% ‘native Americans’

Paul Bedard · September 2, 2015 2:51 pm

Using what he learned from Ludwig von Mises, Kim Kataguiri made a YouTube video about welfare in Brazil. (AP Photo)Â

Beltway Confidential

Brazil’s economic freedom fighters are an example for Americans

Jason Russell · August 8, 2015 4:01 am

Studies show that most of crime in Washington D.C. occurs in neighborhoods with higher percentages of black residents. (AP)

What ‘disparate impact’ looks like

aderson-francois · June 30, 2015 4:01 am

"This is not about saving money. This is about saving lives," saidÂ Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., on his plan to reform anti-poverty policy.(AP Photo/Stacy Thacker)

Republicans take aim at welfare programs that discourage work

Joseph Lawler · June 25, 2015 4:01 am

Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential race on Wednesday, May 27, 2015 in Cabot, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Rick Santorum’s crucial message for the Right

Timothy P. Carney · May 28, 2015 9:00 pm

Government can only afford to focus on helping the one-sixth or one-fifth of families that are not self-sustaining at any given moment because it doesn't have to worry about the vast majority. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

Why people don’t take your inequality argument seriously

David Freddoso · May 6, 2015 3:42 pm

"After a 50-year war on poverty and trillions of dollars spent, we still have the same poverty rates, 45 million people in poverty," Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican and former GOP vice presidential nominee, said. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner File)

Ryan: War on Poverty not working

Susan Ferrechio · May 3, 2015 4:41 pm

Washington Secrets

Ryan calls for ‘another round of welfare reform’ to ‘save lives’

Paul Bedard · April 30, 2015 2:59 pm

Doug Cole, a volunteer with the Broad Street Presbyterian Church Food Pantry in Columbus, Ohio, stocks the shelves before helping patrons Friday, Feb. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)

Majority of Americans support welfare spending restrictions

Kelly Cohen · April 16, 2015 6:02 pm

Snap: Huckabee calls for ‘maximum wage,’ instead of minimum wage

Snap: Huckabee calls for ‘maximum wage,’ instead of minimum wage

Paul Bedard · April 6, 2015 4:47 pm

Jobless claims inch up to 291,000

Jobless claims inch up to 291,000

Joseph Lawler · March 19, 2015 1:10 pm

Social Security robs the poor to pay the rich

Beltway Confidential

Social Security robs the poor to pay the rich

Jason Russell · March 12, 2015 9:35 pm