Eligibility & Application Guide
What if I said the welfare queen in Texas or the single mother baby making factory in Chicago aren't real people? Would you be surprised to find out these are mythical people created by Ronald Reagan and the conservative right as they began their decades long war in their never ending drive to paint poor Americans as the real problem? The conservative movement has done a phenomenal
Of all the pieces of legislation that came about to help dig America out of the Great Depression, none had a greater impact than the Social Security Act. This single piece of legislation and subsequent amendments expanding the eligible number of recipients dramatically rewrote the social compact between the federal government and the citizens it governs.
Fact Checking Articles on Welfare Program| Date | Article Name | About | |
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| 12/17/13 | This Chart Blows Up the Myth of the Welfare Queen | Welfare Program & Poor | | | Here's a useful graph to keep handy for the next time Fox News airs a report about food stamp users buying lobster with their benefits.
This month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compared yearly spending between families that use public assistance programs, such as food stamps and Medicaid, and families that don't. And surprise, surprise, households that rely on the safety net lead some pretty frugal lifestyles. On average, they spend $30,582 in a year, compared to $66,525 for families not on public assistance. Meanwhile... |
Welfare Program News & Opinion Articles |  | Thu Mar 26, 2015 | theatlantic.com
In 1988, Ronald Reagan traveled to the Soviet Union and gave a speech at Moscow State University, making the case for c... |
|  | Fri Oct 17, 2014 | newrepublic.com
The unearthed recording of Iowa Senate candidate Joni Ernst decrying the fact that Americans are insufficiently “self-s... |
|  | Tue Jul 29, 2014 | vox.com
Of course, the Earned Income Tax Credit *does* cut poverty. But our official poverty statistics don't reflect that. |
|  | Fri Jul 25, 2014 | latimes.com
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), this week revived his quest to be taken seriously as a "reformist" conservative ("reformicon"... |
|  | Fri Jul 25, 2014 | vox.com
Ryan and Obama's identical EITC plans are paid for in dramatically different ways. And that's why they're doomed. |
|  | Sat Jan 11, 2014 | thinkbynumbers.org
About $59 billion is spent on traditional social welfare programs. $92 billion is spent on corporate subsidies. So, the... |
|  | Sat Jan 11, 2014 | salon.com
Truth be told, 2013 was not a good year for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.
His great achievement — helping to shepherd a... |
|  | Fri Jan 10, 2014 | thedailybeast.com
In the past couple of years, conservative media has developed a narrative to marry social conservative angst about wome... |
|  | Thu Jan 09, 2014 | chron.com
The congresswoman went on to speak well of the Earned Income Credit, food and nutrition programs, jobs training and edu... |
|  | Wed Jan 08, 2014 | politico.com
Conservatives have never liked the War on Poverty, which began 50 years ago this week when President Lyndon Johnson dec... |
Welfare Program Videos |  | Thu Jan 09, 2014
"Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) revealed on Thursday that he had become a congressman because... |
|  | Thu Jan 02, 2014
"A U.S. judge on Tuesday struck down a Florida law requiring drug screening for welfare r... |
|  | Fri Sep 20, 2013
New iPhones on sale and flying high with Hello Kitty will make your friendly skies a bit... |
|  | Mon Sep 02, 2013
"From August 2012 through July 2013, the state prescreened 4,730 applicants to the Tempor... |
|  | Fri Jul 26, 2013
Steve King talks with Guest Host Morgan Spurlock about immigration, welfare, and migrant... |
|  | Wed May 01, 2013
The War on Poverty is the unofficial name for legislation first introduced by United Stat... |
|  | Wed Aug 22, 2012
Mitt Romney's assertions about President Obama "gutting" welfare don't stand up to scruti... |
|  | Thu Aug 09, 2012
In a new ad, the Romney campaign targets 'welfare-to-work' programs and inflexibility for... |
|  | Sun May 06, 2012
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) is a... |
|  | Sun Oct 17, 2010
Nearly one in eight British households has no-one in work, the highest of all major EU co... |
|  | Tue Sep 28, 2010
GOP Kills Welfare-To-Work Extension - Why? |
|  | Fri Aug 20, 2010
President Reagan's Radio Address to the Nation on Welfare Reform on August 1, 1987. |
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