…the American welfare state is a leaky bucket. Take welfare, for example: When it was administered through the Aid to Families With Dependent Children program, almost all of its funds…

…is to “promote the general Welfare.” James Madison wrote in the Federalist Papers that “the public good, the real welfare of the great body of the people, is the supreme…

…Democracies, in particular Chapter 10, “Tax-Welfare Backlash: How to Tax, Spend, and Yet Keep Cool.” In short form, with a U.S. focus: the huge buildout of the welfare state under F.D.R….

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney escalated his attacks on President Barack Obama’s welfare waivers Monday, suggesting that welfare recipients make up President Barack Obama’s political “base.” In an interview…

…the poverty line (severe poverty implies income significantly less than $ 11,000 yr for a family of four) I blame welfare reform. Like the poverty rate, the severe poverty rate…

…Security is NOT WELFARE. It is not “the rich” being taxed to provide for “the poor.” In fact it was created exactly to avoid welfare taxes and the indignity of…

…is stopwelfare.com (I can’t believe Grover Norquist or one of his fellow-travelers hadn’t grabbed that domain name.) Take a look. Finally, on a substantive note, I am in favor of…

…child care to welfare recipients, who would be subject to stricter work requirements under sweeping welfare legislation favored by President Bush and Congressional leaders. The vote, 78 to 20, expressed…

Earlier I noted the research of Peter Muennig, Zohn Rosen and Elizabeth Ty Wilde which proves (at all standard confidence intervals) that welfare reform killed people. I was alarmed that…

Hat tip reader rjs: Reps. Alan Grayson and John Conyers Call for End to Bank Welfare, Tough Rules on Bank Capital – Yves Smith – Congressmen Alan Grayson and John…