Welfare

What wealth gap? Danish welfare narrows disparity

JAN M. OLSENMALIN RISING · June 24, 2014 10:41 am

EXography: Government corruption encourages more state spending on infrastructure, but takes away resources from schools, public health

EXography: Government corruption encourages more state spending on infrastructure, but takes away resources from schools, public health

Mark Tapscott · June 17, 2014 8:45 pm

Gov’t Report: Nearly Half Approved School Lunch Applications Found to Be Ineligible

Jeryl Bier · June 17, 2014 12:17 pm

State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, right, pumps his fist after the Senate approved the state budget at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Sunday, June 15, 2014. Lawmakers faced a Sunday deadline to pass the $108 billion spending plan that meets Gov. Jerry Brown's demand for a rainy day fund and paying down debt while allocating some of the surplus to programs benefiting lower-income Californians.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California legislature approves $108 billion state budget

FENIT NIRAPPILDON THOMPSON · June 16, 2014 2:54 am

Income gap widens as American factories shut down

Michael Rubinkam · June 15, 2014 4:09 pm

Thousands of Washingtonians received food stamp benefits last year -- despite being deceased.ÃÂ (Thinkstock Image)

Thousands of dead people use food stamps in Washington state: Audit

Kelly Cohen · May 29, 2014 5:23 pm

Bill would pay extra $80 in CalWorks for diapers

Bill would pay extra $80 in CalWorks for diapers

Washington Examiner · May 28, 2014 8:40 pm

House, Senate bills to OK spuds in moms’ food plan

House, Senate bills to OK spuds in moms’ food plan

MARY CLARE JALONICK · May 22, 2014 7:02 pm

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NYC announces public assistance reforms

Associated Press · May 20, 2014 4:00 am

Many years ago, in upstate New York, there was a lady caught in a fierce snow storm that produced conditions called a "whiteout." That's when the snow is falling so thick and fast that all you can see in any direction is just sheer white. This lady wandered around in the storm, struggling to try to get home, but there was no way for her to know where home was.ÃÂ (Thinkstock Image)

The way out of poverty is similar to the way home in a snowstorm

Thomas Sowell · May 20, 2014 4:00 am

Lawmakers OK new Vermont welfare-to-work program

Lawmakers OK new Vermont welfare-to-work program

Associated Press · May 13, 2014 9:46 pm

Sargent Shriver, President Lyndon Johnson's poverty czar, predicted that welfare state programs would eliminate poverty by 1976. (AP File)

Democratic Party seems to have forgotten about the poor

Mona Charen · April 29, 2014 4:00 am