The government provides at least one means-tested, welfare-type program to roughly one out of every five Americans (unless you count Social Security, in which case the number goes up considerably).
With the cost of living rising in many parts of the country, state and local governments are spending billions of dollars on public welfare.
Over on Alternet Joshua Holland got very het up about the great new right wing lie.
A decade ago, Nobel prize-winning economist Milton Friedman admonished the Wall Street Journal for its idée fixe on open-border immigration policy.
The derogatory term “welfare queen” was so 1980s and ‘90s, when Republicans and even some Democrats were looking to reform welfare programs.
Historically, marriage has played a critical role in the raising of children.
From “Poorly Understood: What Americans Get Wrong About Poverty.
SIX years ago, social workers in Cleveland, Ohio braced for a disaster.